Feminist Pollinations Across our Cultural Landscapes

The Prabha Khaitan Foundation and Zubaan Publishers are commemorating their 3-year plus partnership that is dedicated to translating feminist literature in English into Indian languages through a series of translation grants. Their partnership has enabled the publication of 44 feminists texts, originally published in English in 11 Indian languages. GZH is collaborating with The Prabha Khaitan Foundation and Zubaan Publishers in this conclave.
Translation is today the new frontier in literary explorations. For many years literary journeys have been uni-directional – with works in Indian languages being translated mostly into English, and English being seen in some ways as a ‘master’ language. Recent years have seen a change as languages have begun to crisscross and our literary landscape has become rich with offerings from across different contexts, cultures and genres. This one-day event celebrates the vibrant world of translation in India and brings together translators, writers, publishers and performers, many of whom have been part of this partnership.
The conclave has speakers like V. Geetha, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Gita Ramaswami, Vemana Vasanthalakshmi among others.

 

Cocoon | Film Screening

In the hot summer of Berlin-Kreuzberg, Nora, played by Lena Urzendowsky, hangs out with her older sister Jule (Lena Klenke) at places like the underground station, public pools, rooftops, and parties. She's like a butterfly in a cocoon, not quite a kid anymore but not fully grown up yet – just like the ones she keeps in a box. Her journey takes a turn when she gets her period for the first time during gym class, she panics and runs to the girls' restroom. There, she meets Romy, who helps her clean her jeans and gives her a joint to ease her discomfort. Romy, played by Jella Haase also makes Nora realize something new about herself: she likes girls more than boys that she says to her hardened sex education teacher with cautiously chosen words. The movie, directed by Leonie Krippendorff, tells a sweet story, a tenderly romantic coming-of-age and coming-out story with real-life scenes and simple language. In the end, Nora finds her wings and flies like a butterfly.
 

 

Dard Ke Rang

This event is part of the on-going collaboration between Hamburg and Hyderabad. Katharina Holstein-Sturm will be conducting a 3-day workshop on art-therapy for the women at Shaheen, an NGO founded by poet and activist Jameela Nishat to empower women. Shaheen works with marginalised women from the Muslim, Dalit and other backward communities, facing different forms of violence to empower them. Through the workshop she will introduce the mental mindset and lots of artistic techniques and tools to draw from to help deal with the difficult situations they face. She will illustrate that the outcome of art therapy is not an artistic result, but it can be. At GZH, Katharina and the artists will present their artistic results and some posters to document their work and share their process and learnings from the workshop conducted at Shaheen. Katharina Holstein-Sturm studied Communications-Design in Würzburg, Germany. She is chairwoman of Gedok producers` gallery and a member of BBK Hamburg and Gedok, Hamburg. She has founded an art school for children and teenagers, as well as The Pop Up Galerie Art & Cake in Hamburg. She has done artist residencies and organised artists exchanges across the world. She has been giving art and art-therapy workshops to children, refugees, disabled and mentally ill persons since 2003. The event was made possible through the grant by Behörde für Kultur und Medien, Hamburg

 

The Moral Contagion

 A book reading and conversation with the authors of The Moral Contagion, Julia Hauser and Sarnath Banerjee. Hauser and Banerjee will be in conversation with Jaideep Unudurti, renowned Graphic Novelist.

Based on Julia Hauser’s rigorous scholarship and enhanced by Sarnath Banerjee’s wry illustrations, The Moral Contagion is an utterly gripping book which playfully melds meticulous research with imaginative storytelling to create a graphic narrative about pandemics from sixth-century Constantinople to late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and how it affected human relationships, systems of belief, knowledge and political power. 
 
Julia Hauser is a senior lecturer in Modern History at the University of Kassel, Germany, and an alumna of the Arab–German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA). Hauser was a fellow at the Orient Institut Beirut, Rice University, Houston/Texas, the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, and ICAS:MP, Delhi. Among her publications are German Religious Women in Late Ottoman Beirut. Competing Missions (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2015) and A Taste for Purity. An Entangled History of Vegetarianism. Columbia Studies in International and Global History (New York: Columbia University Press, 2023).
 
Sarnath Banerjee has published five works of graphic fiction: Corridor (Penguin, 2004), The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers (Penguin, 2007), The Harappa Files (HarperCollins, 2011), All Quiet in Vikaspuri (HarperCollins, 2015) and Doab Dil (Penguin, 2019). In collaboration with historians, Banerjee had produced ‘Liquid History of Vasco Da Gama’ for the Kochi Biennial 2014, and ‘The Poona Circle’, a series of vandalized history textbooks, for the Pune Biennale 2017. He has been a fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart; Indian Foundation for the Arts, Bangalore; and MacArthur Foundation. He received the Belknap fellowship, Princeton, and the CAST fellowship, MIT, in 2019.

Jaideep Unudurti is a journalist specializing in travel, leisure, books; he also has a special interest in chess. He writes for leading publications including The Indian Express, Man's World, MINT, The Hindu (Business Line) and the Economic Times. He is also a Contributing Editor at the Delhi Defence Review, a journal concerned with War and Ideas. Unudurti has covered a wide range of events from the rock band Guns N Roses’ performance to the world chess championship. He has received a development grant from CNAP, Paris to write a film with renowned director Amit Dutta. He is the creator of ‘Hyderabad: A Graphic Novel’, a unique city-centric approach to graphic storytelling. He is currently working with artist Fabian Stoltz on "The Cities Beneath", the first part of which was exhibited at the Rathaus, Hamburg in November 2017. He is currently the creative director at Syenagiri, an animation & graphic novel production house.

 
 

 

Cleo | Film Screening

Join Cleo, portrayed by Marleen Lohse, on an enchanting journey through Berlin's vibrant streets where every stone holds a hidden treasure. Following the loss of her father, Cleo relinquished her childhood dreams of treasure hunting until the arrival of Paul, played by Jeremy Mockridge, a bigger dreamer with a treasure map rumoured to unlock the secrets of the Sass brothers - iconic Berlin safe-crackers from the Weimar Republic era, said to have stolen a mystical clock capable of reversing time itself. Embark on a whimsical treasure hunt through Berlin as Cleo encounters iconic personalities from the past, offering sage advice amidst the city's bustling streets. 

 

The Real Game of Thrones? When Fantasy goes Medieval

The talk will discuss how a neo-medieval aesthetic in the fantasy genre leads to an imaginary medieval past which operates on the grounds of nostalgia and myth.

The show Game of Thrones operates on medievalist fantasy elements which are grafted onto a long tradition of appropriating the past and using it as an imaginary canvas. Investigation into aspects of femininity in conjunction with bestiality on the one hand and orientalism on the other explain the ways in which cultural and historical appropriation work. Looking at the mythical dimensions of the medieval narratives Mélusine and Duke Ernst, we can see how elements concerning the conjunction of femininity and bestiality and orientalism are deployed again and again in medievalist fantasies.

Because medievalist fantasy is not automatically a purely creative preoccupation with the past, it needs our critical attention. Reminding the audience of Umberto Eco’s as well as J.R.R. Tolkien’s view on medievalism, Racha Kirakosian – in light of politicised forms of the preoccupation with the medieval past – calls for critical medievalism. 

The talk is given by Prof. Dr. Racha Kirakosian is from The Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and her work is located at the intersection of women’s history, text culture and religion in the Middle Ages. Her publications include studies on medieval German mysticism, female sanctity and medieval law. Her doctoral thesisSchrift- und Schreibmystik – Christina von Hane deals with the biography of a thirteenth-century Premonstratensian nun. 

 

Landscape in Cotton

Artist Kanika Mukerjee repurposes discarded scraps of clothing in images resonant of beauty and wonder. Her landscapes move in cyclical time: daylight descending into resplendent hues of even-fall or the darkness of a lonely night. From hand woven, khadi, to different textures and colours, the cloth in her collages stand out as a reminder of what nature holds within itself and how it promises the infinite.

Kanika Mukerjee has been working with fabricas part of her experience as an artist working for more than three decades in varied mediums such as charcoal, dry pastels and oil. Her current work explores an idea of nature that is infinite and constant. Kanika’s solo exhibitions include ICCR, New Delhi, 2011; India Habitat Centre, 2018 and Nehru Centre, Mumbai in 2012, amongst others. She has also participated in group shows at the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), Lalit Kala Akademi, Stainless Gallery, Delhi, etc.  Kanika Mukerjee is a graduate of the Delhi College of Art, majoring in fine arts. 

 

Hyderabad Literary Festival

At HLF 2024, Odia is the ‘Indian Language in Focus’ and Norway the ‘Country in Focus’. Odia and Norwegian literature, culture, and art will be showcased by award-winning writers and artists through talks, panel discussions, screenings, lecture demonstrations, performances, and installations. HLF is a Festival for All. Its programme includes conversations, panel discussions, readings, workshops, exhibitions, cultural programmes, film screenings, and events for college students and school children.

 

Weihnachtsfest 2023

Christmas in Germany is not only celebrated by the Christians, but people of all faiths as an important family tradition. This festive period is used to spend time with friends and family, exchange gifts, celebrate and enjoy a feast!

In some parts of Germany, the Christmas song, Silent Night is sung on Christmas eve. This popular Christmas song was written originally in German as 'Stille Nacht! Heilige Nach’ and was translated into English! German children receive their gifts from Heilige Nikolaus (St. Nicholas) on the night of 5th December. He is accomponied by several ragged looking, devil-like Krampusse, who mildly or nor so mildly scare the children. This tradition goes back to the middle ages and continues even now!

We at GZH hope to create an atmosphere of celebrations, warmth, and joy through Weihnachtsfest 2023! The Christmas celebrations at GZH include Carols, Christmas plays, gluhwein and snacks to spread the joy of the festive season! We cordially invite one and all to join these merry festivities being put together by us

 

Cadalfest Samburam

This two-day festival is organised by the Research Network on Dalit and Adivasi Literature, Nottingham Trent University, UK, and research centre EMMA at Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France, coordinated by Dr Nicole Thiara and Prof Judith Misrahi-Barak, in collaboration with Shaheen Women’s Resource and Welfare Association, Hyderabad Literary Festival, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and the hosting institution Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University.

The events will include performances, roundtables, exhibitions, readings, film screenings and dialogues to share research, celebrate marginalised performance traditions, and explore inclusive forms of learning from each other. Little magazines, folk culture and the many lives of the archive form the main strands that run through the two-day programme.  

 

 

Sunflowers Will Grow Again

Sunflowers Will Still Grow is an award-winning multimedia art project to document the stories of Ukrainian refugees who fled to Gummersbach, Germany, after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The project aims to preserve cultural stories and serve as important visual evidence in the history of human culture and migration.

The title is inspired by the viral video of a Ukrainian woman offering sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers so 'sunflowers grow when they die.'

‘Sunflowers Will Grow Again’ is a collaborative project between Indian photographer, Saurabh Narang and Ukrainian writer, Anastasiia Reshetnyk.

This exhibition is part of the Indian Photo Fest 2023.

The exhibition is on view till 6th January 2024.

 

Hyderabad International Jazz Festival

We are proud to present the 5th edition of The Hyderabad International Jazz Festival with U.S. Consulate General Hyderabad, Hanger 18, Hard Rock Cafe and George Hull Collective.

The 5th edition, has a handpicked selection of the best national and international bands performing at the festival, similar to the previous editions.

The bands featured at this edition are:

George Hull Collective from Hyderabad

Mystik Vibes from Bengaluru

Ari Roland Jazz Quartet from USA

Hindol Deb: Essence of Duality from Germany

The festival will be continue in Hard Rock Café with a performance by ‘The S Experience’ at Sattva Knowledge City.

*The festival is free and open to all and is on a first come, first served basis

 

 

 

 

ON BEING DEAF Anand Vishwanadha will be in conversation with Nooriya Vahanvaty

Anand Vishwanadha will be in conversation with Nooriya Vahanvaty on his experiences of being deaf in a hearing world.

Anand Vishwanadha has always been open about being deaf and also has an experience of more than three decades of living with this disability. He will talk about various facets related to his life, experiences and dealing with his deafness. And, how he cohabits deep in his self with the fear of losing his voice.

Anand Vishwanadha grew up in Odisha and has lived in Hyderabad "all his life". A passionate motorcyclist, he has extensively toured across India and ridden solo to Ladakh in 2005.

 

STRAY BIRDS by Anand Vishwanadha

STRAY BIRDS

by Anand vishwanadha

An exhibition of bird photographs in stunning colours, celebrating the magnificence of some of the notables of the avian world in vivid detail. Each photograph is a story, a poem, an epic inked with golden light.

The exhibition will be opened by G V Prasad, the Co-Chairman and Managing Director of a leading Hyderabad based pharma company, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.

Anand Vishwanadha is a poet and photographer of nature. He identifies as deaf. Fascinated with birds from his childhood, he has been photographing them for close to two decades. Some of the birds featured in the exhibition are the Himalayan Monal, Yellow-billed Blue Magpie, Little Grebe, Black Eagle, Coppersmith Barbet, Great Cormorant, and Yellow-rumped Honeyguide. His third book, Stray Birds is (primarily) a book of bird poems - probably the only such collection ever attempted by an Indian poet writing in English.

 
 

Beyond Dance Festival || 28 & 29 October 2023

Beyond Dance Festival || 28 & 29 October 2023
Curated by Vaibahv Kumar Modi 
Organised by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad & Dark Vibe Society 
 
Art has always been the universal language, whispering to the depths of the human soul, effortlessly transcending the confines of geography, culture, and society. The Beyond Dance Festival serves as a resounding testament to Hyderabad as it magnificently showcases performances that defy the boundaries etched on maps and instead embrace a resplendent global perspective. The festival positions Hyderabad on the world stage.
 
The festival will not only showcase the various dance forms, but also include Panel Discussions, Workshops and an Art Flea Market.

 

VICTORIA A film by Sebastian Schipper 2015 | 138 Mins | German with English subtitles

Actors - Laia Costa, Frederick Lau and Franz Rogowski

The young female actor in the German film Victoria really does have a busy night on the town – a mere few hours that take in flirtation, peril, dancefloor euphoria, an impromptu piano recital and to cap it all, some reckless criminality.

What’s more, director Sebastian Schipper gets it all into a taut 140 minutes – and one single continuous shot. More than a technical prodigy, Victoria is an authentic piece of cinematic magic. Taking us deep into one woman’s experience, it’s as adrenaline-charged as any mainstream action cinema, but with a minimum of production frills.

The art of the mad tracking shot – the seamless, sinuous take that seems to go on forever – has become a huge deal in recent years. While Victoria never feels like a mere bid for a championship medal, Schipper, Grøvlen and the cast and crew impress mightily with their energy and discipline. When Victoria finally emerges into a chilly Berlin morning, we feel we’ve lived through the emotions of a lifetime with her.

 
 

PANEL DISCUSSIONS : Remembering Gandhi, Questioning India 75 years after Gandhi’s Assassination

PANEL ONE: GANDHI & MODERN ENVIRONMENTALISM | 5:00PM - 6:15PM

Gandhi is not easily imagined as an environmentalist, yet his views that “the modern civilisation is marked by indefinite multiplicity of wants, whereas ancient civilisations were marked by regulation of these wants,” and his commitment to the oneness of all life, brings him close to strands of modern environmentalism. It is environmental thought, instinctive to Gandhi, that the wellbeing and thriving of both human and non-human life is important, and that the richness and diversity of life forms have intrinsic value in themselves, that makes him significant in the field of ecology.

Panellists: Dr. Nishikant Kolge, Dr. Vijaya Ramadas Mandala, Dr. Lavanya Suresh, Dr. Shiv Visvanathan

Moderator: Dr. Usha Raman

PANEL TWO: GANDHI & DEMOCRATIC DISAGREEMENT | 6:45PM - 8:00PM

As is well known, MK Gandhi held prejudices of race, caste & gender in his younger years. While some may argue that these were never fully resolved, Gandhi’s thoughts transformed profoundly over the course of his life, often due to his discussions with other thinkers of the time, many who disagreed with him. In modern India, and around the world, this approach of democratic disagreement is vital for us to consider. Gandhi’s life teaches us the importance of trying to recognise, if not reconcile, our differences, and to maintain respect and generosity, even in the most fundamental of them.

Panelists: Dr. Bhangya Bhukya, Dr. Mridula Mukherjee, Ms. Gita Ramaswamy

Moderator: Mr. Mohan Guruswamy

 

Remembering Gandhi, Questioning India 75 years after Gandhi’s Assassination

EXHIBITION OPENING | 13 OCT | 6:30PM

VISUAL ARCHIVES OF KULWANT ROY (Aditya Arya Archive), Curated by Aquin Mathews

Gandhi died one of the most celebrated men in the world. The country has both changed and not changed in innumerable ways since Gandhi’s death. The exhibition - "Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy" of the Aditya Arya Archive - showcases some of the most significant moments in MK Gandhi's life, and reflects on some of the directions the country chose to go.

The exhibition will be opened by Georg Enzweiler, Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy & Aditya Arya, Eminent Photographer

 

OKTOBERFEST @ GZH

Oktoberfest is Germany’s largest beer festival that is celebrated in Munich for 2 weeks in September and October. It is said to be one of the largest folk festivals in the world! Tents are set up selling beer exclusively from Munich breweries.

Oktoberfest originally began sometime in October 1810, during the wedding of the Crown Prince of Bavaria, Prince Ludwig to a Saxon princess, Therese.

So, after the wedding, all of the wealthy citizens of Munich were invited to spend 5 days of non-stop eating, drinking and merrymaking! This became a tradition for the people of Munich and Oktoberfest continues to this day!

We at GZ have our little own Oktoberfest with games, beer and snacks! This gives us a chance to catch a glimpse of German culture, here in Hyderabad!

We cordially invite one and all to join these fun festivities being put together by us!

Rs:300/- Entry for Non GZH Students.

 

HUND, FRAU, MANN by SIBYLLE BERG

Directed by Jitender Singh & Dheer Hira

It is an intriguing play on the intricacies, crests and troughs of the man-woman relationship as seen through the eyes of their pet dog. Here a dog narrates the odd behaviour between a man and woman who have bound themselves to one another even though neither can stand the other`s company. The satirical play reflects on energy-sapping relationships and the acceptance of misery.

Sibylle Berg is a Swiss-German author and playwright, and one of the most celebrated contemporary writers in the German-speaking world. They have written 29 plays, 16 novels, numerous anthologies and radio plays. They received the Grand Prix Literature for her work, the highest award given by Switzerland for literary work along with other awards.

The play is being presented as part of The Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival 2023. The play is presented by Afsana Theatre from Mumbai who present plays like Phislan and Janpat Bijnor

 

AWARENESS PLAY: HALF A CUP FULL

Directed by Mala Pasha:

'The Torn Curtains' - one of Hyderabad’s oldest theatre groups - is embarking on Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 2023. On this significant occasion, the aim is to spread awareness, promote early detection, and provide solidarity to those affected by breast cancer through the staging of one of their most acclaimed plays, Half A Cup Full - a powerful and emotionally charged offering that is centred around the theme of breast cancer, which celebrates resilience, courage and hope.

Half A Cup Full consists of two compelling acts:

"Don't Edit Me" (22 minutes) - A gripping portrayal of four women in a breast cancer support group, who, through shared anguish and insecurity, find the strength to confront their challenges, leaving the audience with an indelible message of hope.

"Goodbye" (16 minutes) - A raw and visceral monologue by a woman facing breast cancer, who is also plagued by alcoholism. Her harrowing journey is deeply moving and inspires introspection.

Established in 1971, 'The Torn Curtains' is a passionate theatre group whose captivating presence has graced the Hyderabad stage and other cities in South India. Over the past five decades with more than 100 plays as diverse as comedies, murder mysteries, supper theatre and impactful social commentaries. Among their recent productions are, ‘Meri Kahani’, ‘The Karaoke Killer’, ‘Murder Me Always’, ‘The Class Re-union’ and ‘The Storm Within… Stories of Abuse’.

The Torn Curtains also continually nurturing fresh talent through workshops and member recruitment, thereby enriching the theatre movement in the twin cities.

 

 

MOVIE SCREENING: Life Flows on -A film by Vishaal Nityanand

Director Vishaal Nityanand will be at the screening to introduce the film and for interaction thereafter.

ACFM, HLF and GZH are happy to screen “Life Flows On” on the occasion of Alzheimer's Awareness Month (September 2023). This film is dedicated to the Global Dementia Challenge and Elderly Care, it is an engaging and gripping cinematic experience made with an Indian-European cast and crew. The film was released in selected theatres in India and other parts of the world.

Global figures of persons living with dementia stand currently at more than 55 million with over 60% of whom live in low and middle-income countries. India has 8.8 million people affected by dementia. This is our humble contribution to participate and respond to the global challenge to deal with a life with Alzheimer’s.

A series of screenings are being organised in the month of September across the country in order to raise awareness and to seriously deal with the grave challenge of dementia and elderly care concerns.

Mr. David Shenk, an American writer, filmmaker, and academic has supported this project since its inception. He has been a great support and source of encouragement.

This film features Padma-Shri Tom Alter, Norwegian Actress- Astri G, French Actor Michael, German-origin actress- Allegra Dun, Satyabrat Rawat, and Gajendra Verma with memorable performances by all.

For further recent developments of this project please click HERE.

 

MOVIE SCREENING: ATLAS A film by David Nawrath

With Actors - Rainer Bock, Albrecht Abraham Schuch and Thorsten Merten

The 60-year-old Walter is a furniture packer for forced evictions. He is the most loyal tug Walter's boss Roland Grone has in his forwarding business. Walter ignores the pain the backbreaking job causes him, as well as the suffering of the people whose privacy he invades on a daily basis. Grone is planning a risky real estate deal with the help of a dodgy family clan. An old building should be rented out and sold at a high price but the last tenant refuses to move out. Walter believes the tenant is his son whom he deserted decades ago and never saw since. Without revealing himself to him, Walter approaches his son Jan and his family cautiously. As he realizes how unpredictable the men are, Grone has engaged with, Walter is increasingly under pressure.

“ATLAS is a fascinating cinematic journey through German reality – across a world, where money and violence rule, where apartments are objects of speculation and people’s lives are destroyed. Additionally, this absolutely lovely drama surprises with a hopeful end.”

- Kieler Nachrichten / Ernst Corinth

 

Awareness Session : ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Currently, there are about 50 million people living in modern slavery globally. In India alone, children constituted about half (44%) of cases of Human Trafficking. While we do have some of the strictest laws on trafficking, a child is trafficked every 8 minutes.

Gwyneth Felicia will be leading the session along with volunteers on behalf of The Movement India which is a nonprofit organization that works on volunteer initiatives in three areas – education, mental health awareness and advocacy of anti-human trafficking. Citizens from the corporate and education sectors champion the work among the poorest of the poor through structured impact-driven volunteer engagements. Together, alongside their partners, they see enormous potential for sustained impact with the people and communities they engage with, bringing dignity and purpose to lives.

Highlights of the session:

  • Statistics of rescued individuals and The Movement’s involvement with rehabilitation.
  • Identify victims and helpline numbers.
  • Overview of the initiative.
  • A call for volunteers.

P.S.: Session only for GZH Students.

 

 

 

Art Exhibition I-QUEST -by Ineesh Chiluveru

"I-QUEST" is a journey of self-discovery through drawings and sculptures. Amidst societal pressures and the uncertainty of his path, Ineesh grapples with the enigma of his interests. In a backdrop where peers flock towards conventional fields, his artworks delve into the complexities of his identity and aspirations.

The exhibition's title, "I-Quest," encapsulates Ineesh's search for direction, with 'I' symbolizing his name. Showcasing over 24 intricate drawings and black acrylic canvas pieces, each artwork serves as an open canvas for interpretation. Spectators are invited to partake in his quest, transforming their contemplations into a shared narrative. "I-QUEST" resonates as not just an exhibition, but a mirror reflecting the universal odyssey of self-understanding.

"I am at the beginning of my teenage life, an aspiring artist for whom art practice serves as a means to express, introspect, and engage with the intricacies of daily existence. I find immense fascination in this process. I stand at the outset of my journey to discover my passion, seeking to study and pursue it with purpose." - Ineesh Chiluveru

 

INDEED WEEKENDER A Celebration of Hyderabad’s Creative Tapestry

The two panels inclcude:

  • EXT collaborates with Goethe-Zentrum & Dark Vibe Society to highlight Queer Culture in Hyderabad.
  • Two Panel Discussions to be held on 2nd September, Moderated by Queer Entrepreneur Vaibhav Kumar Modi at EXT.
  • Amita Desai, Executive Director, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad to be featured on the Women for Queer Movement Panel Discussion

The Makers of the 'Indeed' festival say that it is more than an event; it is a celebration of art, music, and culture that underscores the city's creative tapestry. Through its diverse lineup, engaging workshops, immersive experiences, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, 'Indeed' embodies the very spirit of its name, serving as an affirmation and invitation to come together and celebrate the artistic diversity that defines Hyderabad.

 

Movie Screening : FACES OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE A film by Shawn Sebastian

FACES OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE

A film by Shawn Sebastian
2022 | 22 mins | Hindi with English subtitles 
AUG 26 | 18:30 hrs | GZH
 
Faces of Climate Resilience is a short documentary series that captures the voices of people in some of India's most climate-vulnerable regions. The project strives to make climate change more tangible through the lived experiences of people. The focus is on how individuals and communities are responding to the climate crisis. They are embracing nature-based solutions and traditional wisdom. They are mobilising collective action and collaborating with non-profit organisations and local government officials to build climate resilience. The stories include a women's collective in Odisha replanting trees along a cyclone-prone coast, a youth group in suburban Mumbai sensitising slum dwellers about climate change, a women-led group in Uttarakhand working with local forest officials in combating forest fires, a community radio station broadcasting early warning messages and programs on disaster preparedness, an NGO helping pastoralists in Rajasthan adapt to harsh summers and winter through climate resilient infrastructure, and a Kerala town climate proofing its infrastructure after disastrous floods.

 

Info-Session: Gender Sensitivity at Workplace by Dr Kinnera B. Murthy

Info-Session:Gender Sensitivity at Workplace

by Dr Kinnera B. Murthy

Gender Sensitivity in the workplace is an important part of healthy work culture and promotes the concept of a healthy society. In addition, by law, every member of any academic institution or any wokplace must be conversant with The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, commonly known as the PoSH Act, 2013.

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad has instituted its ICC since the Government of India recommended this body to be put in place. This session will familiarise participants with the concept, processes, and procedures needed for a gender-diverse context that will improve gender sensitivity and adherence to the prevailing legal provisions.

Dr Kinnera B. Murthy is currently a Strategy Consultant, Director on Corporate Boards and Academic Governing Councils. She is an external member of the Sexual Harassment Committees of corporates as she combines her knowledge of both gender issues and corporate work. She is a Director of the annual Hyderabad Literary Festival and the General Secretary of Apna Watan – an NGO that promotes peace and harmony.

P.S: Session only for GZH Students.

 

Art Exhibition: How bees see flowers?

How bees see flowers?
Flowers are evolved to attract bees. Bees have compound eyes composed of thousands of tiny lenses called Ommatidia. These lenses work together to create a mosaic image, which allows bees to see a wider field of view than humans. Bees can see flowers in ultraviolet (UV) light, which is invisible to humans. Flowers have evolved to reflect UV light to attract pollinators like bees. This allows bees to identify the flowers that have nectar and pollen quickly. This exhibition will be an interactive play between these flowers and the viewer.
 
How bees see flowers? - New Media Interactive Experience
Opening on Wednesday, August 16,2023, 18:30 Hrs
On view till August 20  Hamburg Hall, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad
Exihibition will be open to the public 10 am to 7 pm.
 
Tanvir  Nagore is a creative technologist who explores the boundaries of art to create unique experiences. He has a keen eye for how technology can be used to enhance the human experience.
Mehdi Saajid is a new media artist who explores the intersection of design, technology, and art. He creates immersive and interactive installations that explore our relationship with technology.
Trilok  Chander is an inspirational technophile with a passion for anything involving art, technology, e-sports & video games. He brings a wealth of 15 years of experience in Quality Assurance to his endeavours.

 

Urban - A Photo Exhibition

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad has been a house for the city’s finest Artworks and Artists, and we are very excited to announce the launch of Urban- A Photo Exhibition by the city’s renowned Artist, Kishor Krishnamoorthi.

 

Kishor Krishnamoorthi, one of the most acclaimed contemporary artists of our time, is pleased to announce the opening of his latest exhibition, Urban featuring a series of new artworks that explore the theme of urban life. The exhibition will be hosted by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad at the Hamburg Hall, GZH from 24th June 2023 to 15th July 2023, and will be open to the public daily from                     3 PM to 7 PM.

Kishor Krishnamoorthi's latest collection of artworks showcases the vibrant and dynamic nature of the urban landscape, through a series of striking and thought-provoking pieces. Drawing inspiration from the sights, sounds, and energy of the city, Kishor's artworks are questioning the make-shift nature of urban life, capturing the essence of modernity and the fast-paced nature of contemporary existence.

The exhibition promises to be a must-see event for art lovers and enthusiasts alike. It offers a unique opportunity to experience the work of one of the most innovative and exciting contemporary artists of our time and to explore the theme of urban life in a new and engaging way.

We appreciate your support and presence at the event.

 

World Music Day 2023

Presented by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and L&T Premia Mall, in collaboration with Independent Artists Platform.                    

World Music Day celebrates the Global Power of Music.

On June 21st, the world will come together to celebrate the universal language of music on World Music Day. The theme of this year’s World Music Day is “Uniting Through Music”, which highlights the power of Music to bring together and bridge cultural divides. This global event, also known as Fete de la Musique, has been celebrated since 1982 and has grown into an international phenomenon.

For almost 16 years, Goethe-Zentrum has been celebrating World Music Day in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad by organizing and coordinating concerts on a convenient day close to the 21st of June to encourage greater interaction and participation in music.

To take you back to the last year’s celebrations, we had over 200 musicians buzzing the city with their music at 5 metro stations and ending with a finale concert at Premia Mall, entertaining close to 18000 music lovers from the city.

This year too, we will be enthralling the audience with very talented and renowned musicians on 21st June, at Hyderabad NXT Premia Irrum Manzil Mall. The music will range from Indian classical to pop music, from music that will soothe one’s senses to music that will raise one’s spirits.

We welcome you and your peers to celebrate this day with us and spread the word. 

 

The Living Air - Book Launch

"The Living Air" by Asheesh Pittie

"The Living Air" explores the impact of air pollution on our planet and our health, and offers practical solutions for individuals, communities, and governments to reduce their carbon footprint and protect the air we breathe. Drawing on his extensive research and personal experience, Pitties takes readers on a journey through the history of air pollution, its causes and effects, and the urgent need for action.

The book also showcases innovative and inspiring initiatives around the world that are already making a difference and highlights the role of technology in creating a cleaner, healthier future. From renewable energy to sustainable transportation, "Living in Air" offers a comprehensive roadmap for a more sustainable way of life.

Asheesh Pitties is an experienced environmentalist and writer, known for his passion for sustainability and his engaging writing style. His previous works include "Greening the City: A Guide to Sustainable Urban Living" and "The Power of Trees: How They Can Help Heal the Planet". "Living in Air" is his latest contribution to the growing movement towards a greener and more sustainable future.

Hyderabad Literary Festival is set to launch "The Living Air" written by Asheesh Pittie and published by Juggernaut under Indian Pitta Imprints on June 16th, at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. This will be a Hybrid event. The link for you to watch the book launch online is www.youtube.com/hydlitfest

The launch of "Living in Air" is expected to generate significant interest among readers, environmentalists, and policymakers alike. The book will be available in all major bookstores and online platforms and is set to be a must-read for anyone looking to make a positive impact on our planet.

For more information on the event, please contact proggzh@goethe-hyderabad.org

 

Earth Day Flohmarkt- A sustainable flea market

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad believes in and lives a sustainable life to its best capability!

We are celebrating our planet by promoting and encouraging a lifestyle that will only make our Earth greener.

Save the date for an amazing Earth Day Flohmarkt, a sustainable flea market spread all over Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad.

Sustainable products, sustainable food, workshops, poetry sessions, live music, cozy reading space, paint & play arena, film screening, mural painting, and much more are planned for the FLOHMARKT!
Brands like Neevo.life, Wildberry’s, Poyem, Boj by Prachi, HolyWaste, Chakki bakes, MSN studio, Koh foods, Creative bee, Crushed Synergy, Sourdough food, and more will be a part of the stall.

Workshop by Aarti Vir; Mural painting by JNFAU students; Pottery by Jaiprakash; Live Music by NRB; Poetry by young poets; Climate change talk by Divya Nawale from UNFCCC. 

 

My heart dresses in black and dances – Mary Oliver

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition celebrating Earth Day,

My heart dresses in black (after Mary Oliver) and dance, curated and created by Aarti Vir.  

Earth Day. As the climate crises multiply and the damage our species has inflicted upon the Earth becomes ever more acute and obvious, Earth Day is equally a celebration - of the daily wonders of our planet and its natural world, as it is a grieving, of all that has been lost and continues to be desecrated. It is a reminder to us all, to nurture the Earth we have, for our very lives depend on her wellbeing.

It is perhaps a cliche already, to say that the Covid pandemic reminded us of the interconnectedness of all life on this planet. Ancient cultures and Aboriginal societies across the world respected that truth. May we never again, in our hubris, forget it.

This show is a collection of water color paintings and handmade ceramics, that take inspiration from the world around me. As my heart dresses in black and dances along to the tunes of that muse, I hope to be able to hold with reverence and to celebrate all that we still have.

About the Artist: Aarti Vir studied painting at MSU Baroda 1990-94 and SN School, Hyderabad 1994-96. She then spent two years as a student at the Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, and a year as an apprentice to Ray Meeker. In 1999 she returned home to Hyderabad and set up a studio, making salt-glazed ceramics. In 2003 she was awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust scholarship and spent a semester at the Ceramics Department, University of Wales, Cardiff, and four months as an apprentice to Micki Schloessingk. In 2008 she apprenticed with Sandy Lockwood and Gwyn Hanssen Pigott in Australia. Aarti had to give up her studio of twenty years in 2019. She has been renting a studio for the past year and a half and hopes to have a new studio sometime in the future.

The opening of the Exhibition will be in the presence of Pranay Juvvadi, a wildlife biologist, Amita Desai, Executive Director of Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, and Aarti Vir.

 

Cheppandi Bitte 2.0

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is very excited to bring the second episode of Cheppandi Bitte.
Cheppandi Bitte, a beautiful combination of Telugu and German words, is about communication, speaking, and receiving the spoken word. It is a platform for thoughts that need to be talked about and to actively listen in. This is an effort by the institute, to create spaces for themes that we otherwise gloss over. 
The act of listening beyond just hearing is active participation and meditative engagement with the subject.

What is Oorvi?
Oorvi aims to bring to the fore, ideas that work in creating a positive social impact with sustainability as its cornerstone. 
HolyWaste© is a niche offering by Oorvi Sustainable Concepts Pvt Ltd., operational in Hyderabad.
It is a Floral Project for us! A beautiful part of the garbage world that they aim to make valuable. At HolyWaste, they infuse life into floral discards by a process that they endearingly term “FloRejuvenation” – a rejuvenation of floral trash.

Oorvi Sustainable Concepts – is a brainchild of two sentient ladies, who wanted more from life; who envisioned giving back more to life, to this earth, and to fellow women around. Oorvi Sustainable Concepts Pvt Ltd is a start-up based in Hyderabad which aims to bring to the fore ideas that work in creating a positive social impact with sustainability as its cornerstone. Oorvi wishes to take up activities that shall result in direct and regular employment of women, benefits the education of children, and improve the health and living conditions of the populace in general and women & children, in particular. Needless to say, all projects taken up will center around the wellness of mother Earth.

We invite the members of Event Management Companies, Hoteliers, Florists, Small Scale Flower Vendors, Students, Home Makers, Women Entrepreneurs, Artists, and anyone who might be interested in making the Earth a better place to live!

 

Movie: Precious Ivie

PRECIOUS IVIE

Director: Sarah Blaßkiewitz
Duration: 109 minutes
Age: 16+
Language: German; Subtitles: English

Ivie's view of herself begins to waver when her half-sister suddenly shows up and not only talks about the upcoming funeral of their father in Senegal, but above all sharpens Ivie's awareness of the everyday racism to which she is exposed as an Afro-German. An impressive debut about self-discovery and diversity.
Naomi, Ivie's half-sister, whom Ivie didn't even know existed, suddenly appears at the apartment door and tells Ivie of the upcoming funeral of their father in Senegal. For Ivie, who grew up with her white mother in Leipzig and is now looking for a job after having just finished her teacher training, this is an all-the-more intense confrontation with her own "African" background. During their extensive conversations, Naomi above all sharpens Ivie's view of her own identity as an Afro-German, and of all the everyday experiences of racism and discrimination that regularly happen to Ivie despite her privileged situation as an academic – and that are all too often not even meant to be evil, but arise from ignorance, habit, or thoughtlessness. In her affecting, occasionally cheerful and occasionally painful debut film about the self-discovery of a young woman, director Sarah Blaßkiewitz gives herself and her actors a lot of time for the development of the characters and their life worlds.

 

Khushi Mein Boond Boond - An Urdu Translation of Raindrop in the Drought

The comic book ‘Raindrop in the Drought: Godavari Dange’ authored by Reetika Revathy Subramanian and Maitri Dore, tells the story of Godavari Dange, a feminist farmer-entrepreneur, who developed the unique one-acre farming model, helping more than 50,000 women survive cyclical water scarcity in drought-ridden Marathwada in Maharashtra. 

 

‘Raindrop in the Drought: Godavari Dange’ was published as part of the ‘Movements and Movements’, 2021, an initiative of the Goethe-Institut Indonesien to highlight stories of Indigenous feminist movements from the Global South. The book is currently published in English, Marathi, and Hindi languages, and Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad has supported the translation of the book into Telugu, and Urdu.

About the Authors: 

Reetika Revathy Subramanian is a researcher and journalist from Mumbai, India. Her work examines the links between early marriage, labor migration, and the climate crisis in India. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. as a Gates-Cambridge scholar at the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies, UK. She also runs and hosts the Climate Brides podcast. She is the researcher and writer of the comic book, ‘Raindrop in the Drought: Godavari Dange’.

Maitri Dore is an architect and freelance illustrator from Mumbai, India. Through her illustrations, she attempts to highlight issues surrounding gender, caste, and religion, with a focus on India. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in cultural heritage conservation at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is the illustrator of the comic book, ‘Raindrop in the Drought: Godavari Dange’.

Godavari Dange is a grassroots leader and agro-entrepreneur from Osmanabad, India. She works in the field of climate-resilient agriculture and has helped develop and spread the one-acre farming model in association with Swayam Shikshan Prayog. She is the Secretary of the Sakhi Federation in Maharashtra and the Director of Vijaya Lakshmi Farmer Producer Company. She is the protagonist of the comic book, ‘Raindrop in the Drought: Godavari Dange’.

You can access all the updates, including the e-books, film, and press coverage, here:

 

https://raindropinthedrought.contently.com/

 
 

The Peppercorns and the Secrets of Deep Sea

The Peppercorns and the Secret of the Deep Sea (2020)

Director: Christian Theede

Duration: 94 mins

Age: 10+

Language: German; Subtitles: English

This time around, ‘The Peppercorns’ cross paths with a vicious international garbage mafia. The criminals not only want the wheels of their dubious business to continue running undisturbed but also have their eyes on the valuable research results of a marine biologist. But they also weren’t expecting the group of young detectives!

 

Flying Embers Exhibition

Jameela Nishat, a poet from India, and Katharina Holstein-Sturm, a visual artist from Germany, combine their creative forces. The outcomes are unique: An artist-book, with Jameela´s poetry and Katharina´s artwork. Together they select the poems and the artwork and discuss how they should be combined until the outcome rings true and transcend both their work. As artists, as women, they perceive the world and their place in it. They feel the need for change, many things are worth fighting for. They fight with poetry and art. Coming from different continents, and from different cultural backgrounds, both find a common ground in the cause to improve the position of women. They point out domestic and sexual violence, oppression, and financial and emotional dependency. The viewers get drawn into the artist-book differently. The turning of the page engages them, they can set the pace of perceiving the artwork, partly reading, partly looking at the drawings. Katharina Holstein-Sturm studied visual communication and graphic design at FH Würzburg. She is a member of the artist groups S.K.A.M.E.V. in Hamburg, women producers’ gallery GEDOK Hamburg, and fine artists of Germany. She is the founder of an art school for children and teenagers, and the founder of Pop-Up Galerie Art & Cake in Hamburg. She has participated in artist residencies in Dorland, Temecula, California, USA, organized artist exchanges between Germany and the Netherlands, and conducted numerous exhibitions in Germany, Europe, and the USA. Jameela Nishat has published three collections of poetry, and her work has been translated and featured in several notable anthologies, including Women Writing in India and In Their Own Voice. In 1999, SPARROW published a booklet on her life and work as part of its oral history project. In 2000, she edited Inkeshaf, an anthology of forty women poets from the Deccan. She is committed to promoting the cause of Dakhni, the unique Telugu-infused Hyderabadi Urdu. She is a recipient of the Indian Express’ Devi Award (2015) and the Maqdoom Award (1972). She currently runs Shaheen: Resource Centre for Women in the old city of Hyderabad

 

The Hyderabad Literary Festival-13th Edition

Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is an annual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. HLF is a multidisciplinary, multilingual event that draws over a hundred writers, artistes, academics, scholars, publishers from India and abroad each year. Started in 2010, the Festival has emerged as an important event in the cultural calendar of the country. It represents the rich and cosmopolitan ethos of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, as well as the vibrant spirit of the modern Cyberabad. HLF 2023 is organized by “Hyderabad Literary Trust” with the support of several literary and cultural organizations, and publishing houses. HLF is a festival for all. Its programme includes conversations, panel discussions, readings, workshops, exhibitions, cultural programmes, film screenings, and events for college students and school children.

Date: 27 - 29 January, 2023

Venue: Vidyaranya High School

Open for All

 

Weihnachtsparty

EXCLUSIVE FOR GOETHE-ZENTRUM STUDENTS ONLY ! Christmas is around the corner and we are very excited to revive our Christmas tradition with all of you. Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad invites you to be a part of the STUDENTENFEST- CHRISTMAS PARTY After two years of celebrating our favorite fest with our favorite people digitally, this year we will jingle and mingle physically with Gluehwein, Christmas Bakery, Carols, Food, Music, and more...

For Registration: Scan the QR code in the invite above OR use the link below: https://forms.gle/9DoDUup69ATtwJkR6 Last date to register is December 14.

Let’s bring in the celebrations together

 

Anuvaad-The HLF Translation Festival

The Hyderabad Literary Festival brings to the city Anuvaad - the HLF Translation Festival, the second event leading up to their annual festival on 27 - 29 January 2023. Anuvaad will be a day long event featuring translators and their work. Sessions throughout the day will feature local, Indian and international translators. Anuvaad will take place on Saturday, 10 December 2022 from 10:30 AM onwards at EFLU (A Central University), Tarnaka. It is Free and Open to all

 

Meet the Photographer

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, Goethe-Institut New Delhi, in collaboration with Salar Jung Museum presents, Meet the Photographer, 2012 & beyond…

Yes, Thomas Lüttge was missing with us at the Book Launch on 24th November but now that he is in the city, we don’t want you to lose an opportunity to meet him.

Meet the Photographer is a presentation by Mr. Thomas Lüttge on his works of Golconda and more, post 2012. He will be showcasing some of his works that is neither visible at the exhibition nor the book. Come join this event to listen and view his experiences.

Thomas Lüttge is a freelance photographer based in Munich since 1968. He has more than 30 solo exhibitions and several publications to his credit. He has taught photojournalism and portrait photography at the Photography Academy in Munich and at the Salzburg College and has conducted numerous workshops around the world.

 

Thomas Lüttge is one of the photographers of the recently launched book called, " GOLCONDA-HYDERABAD 1975/1996/2012". It is a Photographic Essay that presents the pictorial journey undertaken by Thomas Lüttge and Hans Winterberg edited by Heiko Sievers. They charted the changing conditions of historic buildings and architectural marvels of Golconda and Hyderabad - through the effects of conservation, preservation, and the development of the city. The photographs in this book, are a curated selection from an archive of work that spanned a period of forty years.

 

You are kindly invited to join us along with your team for participation and covering the event.

This is Free and Open to all. Tea and snacks is on us.

 

Art Talk by Thomas Luettge

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, Goethe-Institut New Delhi, in collaboration with Indian Photo Festival presents, Art Talk by Thomas Lüttge.
Thomas Lüttge is a freelance photographer based in Munich since 1968. He has more than 30 solo exhibitions and several publications to his credit. He has taught photojournalism and portrait photography at the Photography Academy in Munich and at the Salzburg College and has conducted numerous workshops around the world.

Thomas Lüttge is one of the photographers of the recently launched book called, " GOLCONDA-HYDERABAD 1975/1996/2012". It is a Photographic Essay that presents the pictorial journey undertaken by Thomas Lüttge and Hans Winterberg edited by Heiko Sievers. They charted the changing conditions of historic buildings and architectural marvels of Golconda and Hyderabad - through the effects of conservation, preservation, and the development of the city. The photographs in this book, are a curated selection from an archive of work that spanned a period of forty years.

His talk at the Indian Photo Festival is going to focus on his works and his experience in teaching and   the outcomes of the same. The Art talk is Free and Open to all.

 

Golconda-Hyderabad: 1975/1996/2012

A Photographic Essay by Thomas Lüttge and Hans Winterberg, edited by Heiko Sievers and published by Rupa publications India, presents the pictorial journey undertaken by Thomas Lüttge and Hans Winterberg. They charted the changing conditions of historic buildings and architectural marvels of Golconda and Hyderabad through the effects of conservation, preservation, and the development of the city. The photographs in this book (itself 10 years in the making), are a curated selection from an archive of work that spanned a period of forty years. The proposed publication will carefully select some 100 images taken during the project's three phases, thus chronicling the condition of a large number of historical buildings over the four decades. Instead of a simple mechanistic documentary process of juxtaposing two photographs, one from the distant past with one closer in time, reducing all changes and processes to a single snapshot, the effort here has been to extract a living history of Hyderabad and Golconda. The aim of this publication is to serve as an evocative photo essay and to be understood as a curated artistic venture. Photography is arguably the most suitable medium for capturing such processes. This is why the work of Hans Winterberg and Thomas Lüttge is so important as historical documentation and as a stimulus to conservation movements. In their images, photography serves as material evidence of the encroaching pressures of contemporary urbanization on a significant historic landscape. Their photographs provide a truthful record of a kaleidoscope of rich architectural fragments that are fast fading from urban memory. The book will also include essays by eminent scholars familiar with the architectural history of Hyderabad and the conservation efforts underway. This book highlight two journeys: one from the 16th century to the 20th century, and the other from 1975 to 2012. Now is the time for the viewer to embark on a third journey. This Exhibition is open for all to view. PANELISTS AT THE EVENT: S.P Shorey (Moderator), Mr. Thomas Lüttge, Photographer of the book, Ms. Anuradha Naik, Researcher, Prof. Pushkar Sohoni, Professor at Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, and Mr. Heiko Sievers, Editor

 

Heritage Trails by Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools

Heritage Trails Exhibition is a project by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai in collaboration with the Indian Photography Festival.

The idea is to rediscover the beauty of our surroundings after the long covid pandemic, keeping us inside and dependent on electronics. The students are exposed to a photography workshop where the techniques and tricks of photography and skills were taught. Around 165 students from 33 schools from the twin Telugu states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh participated.

The Exhibition will be launched in the presence of Dr. Katharina Gorgen, Director of Goethe-Institut Chennai, Dr. K Lakshmi, State Gallery of Art, T. Prabhudas, Officiating Deputy Commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Aquin Mathews, Director of Indian Photo Festival, Amita Desai, Director of Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, and around 80 students from Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools.

 

 

Kaavya Dhaara: The HLF Poetry Festival

Kaavya Dhaara, the one-day poetry festival, is a celebration of creativity and linguistic diversity. It is also a natural extension of HLF’s sustained focus on poetry. In the very first edition of HLF in 2010, an overwhelming majority of the 75-odd writers who participated in the festival were poets representing nearly two dozen Indian languages. Since then, numerous celebrated poets from India and abroad have enthralled HLF’s discerning audiences with their work. Synergizing the enthusiasm of the poets and the appreciation of the audiences, HLF created an independent track of poetry in the 2019 edition of the festival— perhaps the only multi-genre mainstream literary festival to do so. Then in 2021, while inaugurating HLF 2021, the eminent poet Gulzar wished for an event where one could hear the sound and rhythm of poetry in different languages. The present multilingual poetry festival is a modest attempt to create one such platform.

IT'S FREE & OPEN FOR ALL.

 

Emerging Palettes-Edition 13

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in collaboration with Shrishti Art Gallery is delighted to present the 13th edition of “Emerging Palettes”. This is a group exhibition of artworks by 11 upcoming artists from across the country who have completed their master’s degree in fine arts in the last four years.

A brief concept note about the exhibition is below.

 

A special opening is planned for the audience through a short contemporary dance piece by Ms. Paridhi Bihani Dugar on Saturday, 05th November 2022 at 6.30 pm at Shrishti Art Gallery, Plot No. 267, Road No.15 Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500033. The Exhibition will be on view till 05th December 2022, from 11.00 am to 7.00 p.m

About Emerging Palettes:

 

EMERGING PALETTES – Edition 13

Emerging Palettes is an annual art exhibition that provides a platform for Emerging Artists from across the country to showcase their work. This is the 13th edition of the exhibition that is being organized by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad & Shrishti Art Gallery. The Exhibition will be presented at Shrishti Art Gallery.

With this exhibition, we hope to provide an opportunity for artists who have completed their Master’s in Fine Arts from 2019 to showcase and promote their works.

We received more than 200 applications from artists from across the country. Eleven artists were selected based on their skill, concept, and creativity by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, an Eminent artist, and Shrishti Art Gallery.

These artists have used a diverse variety of media including paper mâché, textile, metal, light, kinetics, and stone to create sculptures, paintings, prints, and installations, to represent socio-political, ecological, and other areas of concern for our society.

These artists will not only be part of Emerging Palettes 2022, but of the artists from this exhibition, three artists will have the opportunity to showcase a larger body of their work. They will be part of a three-member group exhibition in the following year at Shrishti Art Gallery.

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Movie Night: Freies Land/ Free Country

About the Movie:
In the winter of 1992, little of the blooming landscapes promised by Helmut Kohl is to be seen in the remote region of northeast Germany where the two investigators, Bach and Stein, have been sent. Two girls have disappeared. It is rumored that they simply left for the West, but little of what is said sounds all that credible. A short time later, two horribly mutilated bodies are found, and then it comes out that the two girls are not the first young women in the village to disappear without a trace. The dissimilar investigators dig deeper and deeper into the meshwork of lies told by the locals. Bach, who knows every trick in the book, also has to deal with his thorny past as a former piece of the GDR's executive apparatus gradually coming to light, while Stein, who is noticeably less emotionally stable than his shrewd partner, has seemingly left the apparently alien and distant city of Hamburg for a country with its own laws.
Director Christian Alvart has succeeded in creating a thought-provoking and exciting genre film with a sense of history.

 

Yoga for Seniors

LAUGH. BREATHE. LIVE.

On the occasion of International Senior's Day, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad with the support of Mr. Chandrakanth, a senior Yoga instructor is very excited to announce REGULAR SENIOR YOGA CLASSES every Saturday at Hamburg Hall, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad.

Starting on October 15th, we have 2 free trial classes available on October 15 & October 22. Open for all Seniors (no previous Yoga experience is needed).

The effort is to build a community through a therapeutic active session. Do not miss this chance to join and share with everyone this could benefit to. We eventually hope to make our Saturday evenings an ADDA for our seniors!

 

Oktoberfest

The wait is finally over!

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is back with its favorite fest, OKTOBERFEST!

Oktoberfest is the world’s largest Volksfest. Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid or late September to the first weekend in October, with more than six million people from around the world attending the event every year.

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad brings its yearly dose of fun, frolic, laughter, games, and german-ness through Oktoberfest to everyone.

PROST!

Join us to celebrate the essence of German culture through Oktoberfest.

 

A Surrealist Feeling

A Surrealist Feeling

The exhibition, A Surrealist Feeling, is a response to the upheaval of the past few years. As the world and our lives turned upside down, 'normal’ imagery started to feel inadequate, unequal to the task of representing this state of being. This recalled last century’s surrealist art movement, also born in a time of dislocation, and it became a reference that begat this new strangeness as a way to reveal the world as is currently written.

By making the familiar strange again, by tapping into dreamscapes and giving them human form, and by using surrealist photography techniques such as displacement, doubling, and distortion, I try to remove the boundaries by which concepts inform reality. Because reality, as we knew it, splintered and dissolved a few years ago.

Across three bodies of work – Bone Soup, I Am Here, and Opening a Door - I reflect on my engagement with everyday objects both on their own and in their interaction with people. I have always been fascinated by windows, the obscuring of people behind glass, or framed by a rectangle in the distance, and the narrative that it can lead to in your imagination. Blur and magnification, picking out an element from commonplace phenomena and objects, are also common themes in my photography. My current work takes this fascination further by using the distortion of glass and fragmentation of broken mirrors as a frame, to create a new window inviting the viewer to become part of the creation, tap into their stories, dreams, and fantasies, and layer them onto the photographs.

My work is informed by my background in fashion and an abiding interest in the power of ordinary objects, and my inspirations range from books, poetry, fashion, and film. This roster includes photographers Man Ray, Tim Walker, and Elizaveta Porodina as well as the poetry of John Cage, Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland, the short stories of Sylvia Townsend Warner, and the films of David Lynch.

Since the exhibition is in effect a dialogue, the opening too is planned as one. Setting up a conversation with the curator and the photographer that tries to explore the underpinnings of surrealism, the unconscious mind, and the power of dreams. 

 

Workshop by Navtej Johar

BARPS is a somatic method devised by Navtej Johar to embody shapes, be it asana, adavu or any other form, more effectively and fulsomely from the inside. Shifting the focus from both “doing” and mastering the external form, it offers a guided practice to hone the somatic intelligence and the innate sensitivity of the body. This method equips the practitioner with not only formal techniques of movement, but more importantly, facilitates an evocative interface between body and word, where select keywords may be effectively used to precipitate somatic responses within the body, evoke images, inspire form, and also serve as a lens to scan, “see” and sensorially inhabit the body.

 

A self-regulated practice, its aim is to make the practitioner an informed curator of her own practice, free to autonomously intuit, envision and direct the body, breath and attention unto an immersive shapes with insight, clarity and authority (www.abhyastrust.org)

 

 

About Navtej Johar

 

 

Navtej Singh Johar is a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award-winning Bharatnatyam dancer and choreographer. He is also a queer activist who, along with five others, famously filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India challenging Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

Johar teaches at Ashoka University, Sonipat. He trained in Bharatanatyam at Kalakshetra, a dance school run by Rukmini Arundale in Chennai, and with Leela Samson at the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in New Delhi. He subsequently studied at the Department of Performance Studies, New York University, and won several fellowships for his research over the years

 

Tanashah - A physical theatre performance by Navtej Johar

Tanashah, a solo by Navtej Johar, explores extremes. Based on the jail diaries of Bhagat Singh, particularly his essay titled, “Why I am an Atheist”, it examines the resolve of a young man to walk to the gallows with searing clarity, un-sublimated by religious doctrine or idealist philosophy. The work attempts to imagine the impending moment of his youthful death that almost seems to embolden him, propelling him unto that final moment with fierce veracity. His blazing courage aside, it also draws upon the young revolutionary’s love for poetry and song. Juxtaposed against this intense narrative of Bhagat Singh, is Johar’s personal journey of being a Sikh Bharatanatyam dancer, and more importantly his affinity with the Padam, an amorous song that addresses the ambiguity and impossibility of love. In Tanashah, both the narratives—the powerful ardor of a revolutionary and the unbridled pukaar or call of the love song–dark, masculine, uncompromising, and almost heckling in nature—are textually and somatically interwoven in anticipation of a poised resolve within poetic-consummation. Concept, choreography, and performance: Navtej Johar Lighting and Stage Design: Anuj Chopra Costumes: Diwas Gill Photography: Anshuman Sen Vocals: Venkat Satish Sound Engineer: Deepak Samson Assistant: Simrat Dugal Venue: Rangbhoomi Spaces, Hyderabad on 23rd & 24th September 2022

 

Cheppandi Bitte!

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is very excited to launch its new series, Cheppandi Bitte!

A beautiful combination of Telugu and German words, this series is about communication, speaking, and receiving the spoken word.

It is a platform for thoughts that need to be talked about and to actively listen in. This is an effort by the institute to create spaces for themes that we otherwise gloss over. The act of listening beyond just hearing is an active participation and meditative engagement with the subject.

Launching the series with somebody like Vidya Rao is particularly meaningful since hearing in her métier is as important as singing. A performer of thumri-Dadra and ghazal, she has performed widely, lectured and conducted workshops, and composed and sung for the theatre, film, and dance.

We are very excited to explore with you Cheppandi bitte.

This will be a physical event with live streaming on YouTube on : https://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheZentrumHyderabad

 

 

Other Kohinoor Movie Premiere

Other Kohinoors, The Rocks of Hyderabad is a love letter to Hyderabad and its unique terrain and culture. Hyderabad is an Indian city with a distinct history, language, culture, cuisine, and physical features. The film anchors itself in this regional tapestry showcasing how all of these are tied together with the rocks.

Free fun film premiere of Other Kohinoors, The Rocks of Hyderabad!!!

September 4th Sunday morning 10 AM IST at Prasads Multiplex, Theatre 5.

Coffee, Tea and light snacks will be served. The film will start after tea at 10.20 AM IST.

Come! You are invited to join us and enjoy reconnecting with Hyderabad’s unique culture & landscape.

Many thanks to Shri Ramesh Prasad Garu for believing in this film effort and making this iconic theatre “Prasads” available for Other Kohinoors.

We welcome you and your family!

 

E.F.I: Hydrostan

Environmentalist Foundation of India (E.F.I) is wildlife conservation and habitat restoration group. A not-for-profit trust, E.F.I focuses on real-time and result-oriented conservation efforts. Volunteer for India & her Environment with E.F.I

About E.F.I: Lakes and ponds often bear the brunt of modern-day negligence. Most of India’s freshwater bodies are polluted/contaminated due to human activity. E.F.I focuses on the scientific revival of these freshwater bodies through a community-basedlaborative conservation effort. We volunteer for India & her Environment. E.F.I works out of 14 Indian states.

E.F.I is celebrating 75 th Independence year through their project HYDROSTAN. It is a documentary screening along with a conversation at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad on 12th August 2022 from 3 PM to 5 PM IST.

Hydrostan is EFI's community engagement & interaction program, which showcases the environment and water conservation stories of India.  This is a specially curated talk show that celebrates water along with a visual documentary. 

 

Movie Screening: Hello Again - A wedding day!

HELLO AGAIN - A WEDDING DAY BY Maggie Peren.

Length: 89 minutes   Language: German   Subtitles: English

Venue: Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, Road no.3, Journalist Colony, Hyderabad

Friendship is gold, relationship is brass. ZAZIE (Alicia von Rittberg) shares an apartment with her two best friends. None of them seem capable of a relationship. And since the nights are long and life is short, it's really better to avoid love completely. But the invitation to attend the marriage of her best friend PHILIPP (Tim Oliver Schultz) to her arch-rival FRANZISKA (Emilia Schüle) not only causes the apartment mailbox to overflow, but sends Zazie's emotions into overdrive: she must prevent her friend from making the biggest mistake of his life! However, her attempts to sabotage the wedding, with the help of roommate ANTON (Edin Hasanovic), fail miserably, and repeatedly! A love story of a rather different sort traps Zazie into a never-ending wedding waltz, completely upending more than just her attitude to love.

 

Transnational Commercial Surrogacy in India

India had become a transnational surrogacy market with mushrooming In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) clinics and surrogacy hostels all over the country. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act 2021 prohibits commercial surrogacy in India after reports of deaths of surrogate mothers and egg donors, trafficking and exploitation of women and children, children stranded and abandoned, and rampant unethical practices. Taking poverty as the primary analytical axis, Dr. Suryanarayanan examined the impact of surrogacy on 45 surrogate mothers in India. This racialized body market treats women’s ‘body space’ as ‘risky’, ‘polluting’ and discardable’

Dr. Suryanarayanan’s study revealed that the poorest remained in abject poverty, while the land/house-owners became richer post-surrogacy. Loans taken by ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ households increased post- surrogacy. 

About Dr. Sheela Suryanarayanan

Dr. Sheela Suryanarayanan, Associate Professor, Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Hyderabad. She (Saravanan) has a multidisciplinary educational background with a Master's in Geography and development planning from India, a Ph.D. in Public Health from Australia, and two post-doctorates from the University of Heidelberg and Gottingen University, Germany before joining Hyderabad University as Associate Professor. 

She teaches 'Women and Health, Women, Ecology, and Environment among other subjects at the University of Hyderabad. She has worked on gender issues since 1998 and specializes in reproductive health, in specific on maternal health, surrogacy, and sex-selective abortions. She has written widely on these topics and has authored a book on commercial surrogacy in India titled ‘A Transnational Feminist View of Surrogacy Bio markets in India’ published by Springer Nature, Singapore. She was invited by the Rajya Sabha Surrogacy Select Committee to give her expert input on the Draft Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019 which has been included in the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act 2020. 

About Dr. Shahida Murtaza

Dr. Shahida Murtaza has an MSc in anthropology and a doctorate in reproductive health from the Department of Anthropology, Karnataka University, Dharwad.

For the last two and half decades, she has been actively involved in gender issues. Her areas of academic interest are gender concerns in reproductive health, human rights development, and the unorganized sector. She has a keen interest in Muslim women's issues and trying to gauge the difference between the tech and the context.

She has been contributing to feminist scholarship through her writings and discourse. She is presently serving as a Professor in Women's Studies and Director, Centre for Women's Studies at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.

 

24 Wochen/ 24 Weeks

Movie: 24 Wochen/ 24 Weeks    Language: German   Subtitles: English
Duration: 103 mins
 
As a cabaret artist, Astrid makes people laugh. Markus, her boyfriend, is also her manager. They work well together, are a well-established team, and have a nine-year-old daughter. They’re also expecting their second child. During the sixth month of pregnancy, a routine examination reveals to the couple that their expected child will be born with Down’s syndrome and a serious heart defect. From one day to the next, the young family’s routine is turned upside down. Certainty and optimism alternate on a daily basis with depression, panic and helplessness. Despite all the uncertainty and doubt, Astrid and Markus decide to have the baby. The nearer the due date gets, however, the greater Astrid’s worries and misgivings. After countless discussions and disputes inside and outside the family circle, she is forced to make a decision that is as inevitable as it is permanently irreversible.

Anne Zohra Berrached’s impressive and stirring film tells of an expectant couple’s trauma. It illustrates, with coherent dialogue and intricately developed scenes, how the difficult decision process that they must both endure cannot be broken down into right and wrong or black and white. The film owes its almost documentary feel to the participation of genuine doctors and nurses. The ensuing high level of objectivity and authenticity enhances the characters’ conflict and allows the viewer to share this difficult situation with the couple. 24 WEEKS is Anne Zohra Berrached’s final film for the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy.

 

Sang O Shayari

‘I am here to wonder ‘conversations, Sang o Shayari, is a Mulaaqaat with esteemed singers, poets, and poetry lovers. The focus will be on how the words "Sang" "Pathar" etc., are used in beautiful moving lyrics in Dakhani and Urdu poetry.

We will feature the Warsi brothers, singing beloved Qawwali, as well as an original composition based on a poem on Pathar (by Qudsi), that they have created for this Mulaqaat! Other Singers and Poets who have agreed to grace the conversation are Poova Guru, Dr. Kirti, Gopika, Jamila Nishat, Guru Sharan Singh & Sajjad Shahid. We look forward to a participatory session with the audience along with sharing some beautiful poetry. It is co-sponsored & co-hosted by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, Lamakaan, Society to Save Rocks, and Poetry Society of Hyderabad.

Click this link to watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH84-vYGj_k&t=1s

 

World Music Day 2022

For almost 15 years, Goethe-Zentrum has been celebrating World Music Day in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad by organizing and coordinating concerts on a convenient day close to the 21st of June to encourage greater interaction and participation with music. To Goethe-Zentrum, Hyderabad, (WMD) World Music Day is a very important day to celebrate in the annual calendar of the city because music brings people, partners and music lovers together. Music spans genres, generations, cultures and borders - for the city and for the world at large.

This year, as it has every year for the last 15 years, Goethe-Zentrum along with L&T Metro Rail and NEXT Premia Mall will celebrate WMD with a variety of music for a week from June 21st to June 26th 2022. We have 100 musicians busking at around 5 metro stations from June 21st to June 25th 2022. We end the week-long celebration on June 26th with an all-evening concert at Premia Mall. The music will range from Indian classical to pop music, from music that will soothe one’s senses to music that will raise one’s spirits. So, let’s get together and listen to some good music on World Music Day as Hyderabad celebrates, rejoices and unites in our differences through music.

 

Movie Night: Freies Land/ Free Country

About the Movie:
In the winter of 1992, little of the blooming landscapes promised by Helmut Kohl is to be seen in the remote region of northeast Germany where the two investigators, Bach and Stein, have been sent. Two girls have disappeared. It is rumored that they simply left for the West, but little of what is said sounds all that credible. A short time later, two horribly mutilated bodies are found, and then it comes out that the two girls are not the first young women in the village to disappear without a trace. The dissimilar investigators dig deeper and deeper into the meshwork of lies told by the locals. Bach, who knows every trick in the book, also has to deal with his thorny past as a former piece of the GDR's executive apparatus gradually coming to light, while Stein, who is noticeably less emotionally stable than his shrewd partner, has seemingly left the apparently alien and distant city of Hamburg for a country with its own laws.
Director Christian Alvart has succeeded in creating a thought-provoking and exciting genre film with a sense of history.

 

HLF - ONLINE | Bangalore's LALBAGH: A chronicle of the Garden and the City

HLF - ONLINE is back with yet another fantastic session based on the book:
Bangalore's LALBAGH: A chronicle of the Garden and the City
 
Suresh Jayaram (artist, art historian, arts administrator and curator) in conversation with Nancy Adajania (cultural theorist and curator).

7 pm IST?Friday?10 Dec 2021
Live at: youtube.com/c/hlf-India

About Suresh Jayaram

Suresh Jayaram is an artist, art historian, arts administrator, and curator from Bangalore. He is the Founder, Director of Visual Art Collective/1.Shanthiroad Studio, an international artist’s residency and alternative art space in Bangalore. India.   
                                                                                              He is currently involved in art practice, urban mapping, archiving, curation, and arts education. His keen interest in environmental and urban developmental issues influences his work.

He taught Art History at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, the College of Fine Arts in Bangalore, and later went on to become the Principal between 2005-2007.

About Nancy Adajania

Nancy Adajania is a Bombay-based cultural theorist and curator. She has curated a number of major research-based exhibitions including the Nelly Sethna retrospective, ‘The Unpaved, Crusty, Earthy Road’ (Chatterjee & Lal with Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay, 2021); 'Zigzag Afterlives: Film Experiments from the 1960s and 1970s in India' (Camden Art Centre, London, 2020); the Mehlli Gobhai retrospective, ‘Don’t Ask Me about Colour’ (National Gallery of Modern Art/ NGMA, Bombay with Chemould Prescott Road, 2020); the Sudhir Patwardhan retrospective, 'Walking Through Soul City' (NGMA, Bombay with The Guild Art Gallery, 2019) and 'Counter-Canon, Counter-Culture: Alternative Histories of Indian Art' (Serendipity Arts Festival, Goa, 2019). Adajania has proposed several new theoretical models through her extensive writings on subaltern art, media art, public art, collaborative art, transcultural art and the biennale culture in the Global South. She recently conceptualised and led an online curatorial workshop, ‘Once Upon a Cultural Famine: A Curatorial Thought Experiment’, for the Kochi Biennale Foundation (2021).

 

 

 

4th Hyderabad International Jazz Festival

December 5 2021 | 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm IST

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!!

We have been able to get a fabulous line up of Indian and International bands to celebrate the Jazz Festival in Hyderabad.

  • Open air.
  • Maiden performance at the newly constructed amphitheatre at the Heritage Garden at the Qutb Shahi Tombs
  • Six bands - three live and three digital with over two dozen musicians performing
  • from 5:00 - 9:30 pm
  • plenty of eats available at various trucks and bandis
  • incredible line up, fabulous ambience
  • first major open air event in the recent years
  • a special guest appearance by the German Ambassador Lindner, himself a professional musician, along with being a career diplomat
  • free and open to all - true festival for all music lovers

It would be a pleasure to see you at the concert.
Do bring a shawl, friends and mosquito repellents!
We will request a mask mandate as well as verify vaccination certificates if required.

The festival is bring presented by U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi. The festival is also being kindly supported by Consulate General of Switzerland, Mumbai, Avasa Group of Hotels and Nissan Cars, Hyderabad.

The festival is bringing in a mix of local, national and international bands to Hyderabad. The following 6 bands will be presented at the festival.

1. The Dennis Powell Collective (LIVE)

2. Inner Language Trio (Virtual)

3. Laurin Talese Band (Virtual)

4. The Revisit Project (LIVE)

5. Filu Mela (Virtual)

6. Adil Manuel Collective (LIVE)

 

Artist Talk by Rut Blees Luxemburg: Indian Photo Festival

Date: 26 November 2021, 8:00 pm IST 

Where? Facebook, Youtube @indianphotofest

About the photographer: Rut Blees Luxemburg’s photographic work deals with the representation of the city and the phenomenon of the urban, ranging from large-scale photographs to public art installations and operatic mise-en-scène. Her public art work Silver Forest, a large-scale tableau showing fragments of urban forests, is cast in photographic concrete on the façade of Westminster City Hall in London.

Rut Blees Luxemburg’s work is shown internationally including the solo exhibition Phantom at Tate Liverpool and London Dust at the Museum of London. Her work is held in public and private collections including the Pompidou Centre Paris and the V&A Museum, London.

Rut Blees Luxemburg created the iconic cover for The Streets’ Original Pirate Material and is a research fellow and reader in urban aesthetics at The Royal College of Art.

 

German Days

German Days are conducted by the Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad once in an academic year at Kendriya Vidyalaya and BKD schools. Children are invited to be a part of fun-filled sessions through various programs like songs, quizzes, movies and activities that not only focus on the language learning part of the experience but also expose them to German culture and traditions. Through the activities, we interact with young learners and motivate them to learn new ideas.

This year as a part of the German Days, our enthusiastic teachers are bringing forth an important German festival called the 'Laternenfest' or the 'St.Martin's Umzug', a festival celebrated across Germany to celebrate the kind hearted knight called St. Martin through the art of storytelling and craft. Children are encouraged to create lanterns from paper and cardboard and ideally go out on a small parade through the city singing the good deeds of St. Martin all along. Owing to the limitations of the pandemic, our German days are being conducted online. German days are scheduled at schools during the month of November.

Adrija Dey (7th Standard) quotes: 'It was very interesting and full of enjoyment. I love my lantern'

 
 

Films on Afghanistan: by Cultures of Resistance

After the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, there is an abundance of opinions about this country. But what are the Afghans themselves saying about their future? What do Afghan women think about women's rights in their country? Neither the United States nor the Taliban can speak for the Afghan people. These five short documentaries by Cultures of Resistance Films on the political situation in Afghanistan, although filmed in 2010, have taken on fresh importance in providing insight into why the occupation failed and why many human rights activists in Afghanistan are now in danger.

The films:

View the films for FREE here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Culturesofresistance

 

Manifestos of the Night: Indian Photo Festival

MANIFESTOS FOR THE NIGHT

a photo exhibition by Rut Blees Luxemburg

On View: 19 Nov - 19 Dec | State Art Gallery, Hyderabad

About the exhibition: Night has always been a space of alterity and resistance to the conventions and hierarchies of day. Darkness encourages a different mode of perception, perhaps more reflective, more immersive, more durational. These nocturnal photographs of London suggest that nocturnal perception opens up the possibility of a distinct form of nocturnal cognition - more curious, more permissive, more associative, less hierarchical - opening up questions around the status-quo of our urban experience.

About the photographer: Rut Blees Luxemburg’s photographic work deals with the representation of the city and the phenomenon of the urban, ranging from large-scale photographs to public art installations and operatic mise-en-scène. Her public art work Silver Forest, a large-scale tableau showing fragments of urban forests, is cast in photographic concrete on the façade of Westminster City Hall in London.

Rut Blees Luxemburg’s work is shown internationally including the solo exhibition Phantom at Tate Liverpool and London Dust at the Museum of London. Her work is held in public and private collections including the Pompidou Centre Paris and the V&A Museum, London.

Rut Blees Luxemburg created the iconic cover for The Streets’ Original Pirate Material and is a research fellow and reader in urban aesthetics at The Royal College of Art.

Artist Talk

Tune in to this free Talk.

Register for this and other programs at

https://www.indianphotofest.com/schedule

 

 

7th Edition

Indian Photo Festival

19 November - 19 December 2021

The Indian Photo Festival (IPF) - Hyderabad, a Not-For-Profit initiative of Light Craft Foundation is India's longest running international photography festival showcasing a wide range of photography from India and around the globe with a series of events including: talks and discussions, portfolio reviews, screenings & workshops. The IPF creates a platform for the professional and aspiring photographers, the photography lovers and the public where the festival promotes the art of photography and at the same time addresses the social issues through the medium of photography.

The Indian Photo Festival will be presented largely ONLINE - with all the Interactive Sessions via Virtual Platforms. The PRINT Exhibitions will be installed at the State Art Gallery and along KBR Park located in the heart of the city of Hyderabad. Digital Exhibitions will be showcased at The State Gallery of Art, Madhapur and some fascinating Virtual 3D Exhibitions will be presented online.

The Preview and Launch of the festival is on

Thursday, 18th November at 5:00 pm

State Art Gallery, Hyderabad.

The event is free and open to the public. Find more about the programs at IPF 2021 here.

 

 

WHEN A RIVER MEETS THE SEA : India Week Hamburg

WHEN A RIVER MEETS THE SEA

HOSHANG MERCHANT IN HAMBURG

09 November 2021 | 8 pm CET | Tonali, Hamburg

The ninth India Week Hamburg will take place from 8th to 14th of November 2021. Visitors can expect a journey through Hamburg-Indian relations, characterised by events on topics relating to politics, society, science, economy, culture and sports. As in 2019, visitors can look forward to a wide range of India events as diverse and colourful as the country itself!

India Week Hamburg is an event week with 60 to 80 events on topics relating to politics, society, science, business, culture and sports. It takes place over a period of approximately one week at various locations throughout Hamburg. It is organised under the lead of the Senate Chancellery. Its partner also involve the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, the OAV German Asia-Pacific Business Association, der, Hamburg Invest, the Hamburg Representation Mumbai, the German-Indian Round Table, the Ministry of Culture and Media and the Consulate General of the Republic of India in Hamburg. The aim of India Week Hamburg is to present and intensify the economic, political, scientific and cultural relations between the Hanseatic City and India. Most events are offered free of charge.

For more information on India Week Hamburg and its future events, please visit the official website

Hoshang Merchant, professor of English Literature at the University of Hyderabad until a few years ago, was the first contemporary poet in India to openly discuss his homosexuality. He included „Gay Literature“ in the academic curriculum and published the first anthology of poetry in India which dealt with the topos of male homosexuality. His own poetry also revolves around themes such as the culture and history of India, the relationship between East and West and his own autobiographical experiences in America, Europe and the Middle East, as well as the world of traditional and contemporary dance.

Exclusively for the event in Hamburg some of Hoshang Merchant’s poems will be translated into German for the first time. The author will read the English original, accompanied by an actor who will present the German translation and a dance video produced in India which translates Merchant’s visual worlds into choreographed movement. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for a Q & A with the author.

Hoshang Merchant

Presenter: Amita Desai

Reading in German: Jörn Knebel

Dance video: Navetj Singh Johar

German translation / Project management Hamburg: Ulrike Syha

A project of Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in cooperation with Ulrike Syha

Supported by Hamburger Behörde für Kultur und Medien

 

Digital Photo Exhibition: Not the only gay in the city

"Not the Only Gay in the City"

A digital photo exhibition

Carsten Bruhn

07 October - 06 November 2021

Exhibition Link: https://tinyurl.com/nottheonlygayinthecity

"What is a relevant location of your queer biography?" was the question raised to 50 gay men in Hamburg by Carsten Bruhn as he was putting together his first big photo project.

Men of different ages and whereabouts, most of them living in Hamburg now, had told him their stories. Stories of their coming-out, their self-discovery, stories of fear and courage, of gay shame in a heteronormative world, of suppression and liberation. Taking part in his project to them was in fact also an expression of their self-portrayal as a gay man, and is indeed a visible expression of their pride. And of them knowing: They are not alone, they are most certainly "Not the Only Gay in the City!"

Carsten Bruhn, born in Kiel in 1965, moved to Hamburg in 2001 and since 2013 he has been married to his husband. He claims to lead two lives. One as a full-time teacher, full of energy and passion for his dream job. The other as a photographer. Humbly declaring of him being an amateur and basically an autodidact, he pursues his “hobby“ with just the same amount of energy and passion. He sees through his lens, with or without camera.

Catch the chat with Carsten Bruhn, Amita Desai and 
Hoshang Merchant on
Saturday, 23 October | 7:00 pm IST https://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheZentrumHyderabad

 

Veganism: the need of the hour?

Veganism: the need of the hour?

Panel discussion: Amita Desai, Executive Director Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

Robin Singh - Founder, Peepal Farm

Raphael Shanmugam - Automotive Engineer

01 November 2021 | 18:00 PM

World Vegan Day is celebrated on November 1st every year by many countries around the world. On World Vegan Day, people celebrate by sharing vegan tips and their everyday life, and of course, their accomplishments. The World Vegan Day is also about raising awareness of the treatment of animals, the ethical issue of mass livestock, the environmental effects of having livestock, and so on.

Join us via ZOOM with the meeting id and password - 881 0792 0449 | GOETHE

For details contact: Neeraj Pant | 9585523512

 

ART FROM THE HEART: A virtual exhibition of Art by artists with disabilities

ART FROM THE HEART

A virtual exhibition of Art by artists with disabilities

In Collaboration with Youtuh4Jobs | Not Just Art, AFI | IIF Art & typical Advantage

23 Sep - 16 Oct 2021

Thirteen Artists with Disabilities display their flair for visual arts and knack for aesthetics as a part of the “ART FROM THE HEART” Exhibition. Whether its creating intriguing abstract imagery through acrylic colors or painting a heartwarming, simple portrait, all art pieces will surely get your creative juices flowing. The incessant drive to be creative on canvas, despite challenges, makes these twelve artists, masters of imagination and drivers of transformational art. Their disabilities make them stronger and work harder in the spirit of all things artistic. Watching this refreshingly different kind of Art will give you a sneak peek into an unseen world of visuals and beauty.

Visit the exhibition here: https://tinyurl.com/artfromtheheart1

Catch virtual soft launch of the exhibition that took place on September 23 at 6:30 pm directly on

 

Science Film Festival

Discover. Experiment. Explore.

122 films from 22 countries

01 October - 20 December 2021

The Science Film Festival is a celebration of science communication in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America: In cooperation with local partners it promotes science literacy and facilitates awareness of contemporary scientific, technological and environmental issues through international films with accompanying educational activities. The Science Film Festival presents 122 films from 22 countries as the international official selection in 2021.

Theme of the Year 2021 is Health and Wellbeing. In the context and aftermath of the pandemic, health and mental well-being are more important than ever. Many children and youths in particular may be struggling, they may be worried about maintaining their own wellbeing or want to better equip themselves to help loved ones. That is why bringing these issues out into the open especially at this time is so important and why the Science Film Festival turns its focus on the science of health and wellbeing in 2021 with a selection of international films on these topics.

Access the festival here: https://www.goethe.de/prj/sff/en/index.html

 

Movie am Mittwoch: Black Box Germany

MOVIE AM MITTWOCH

Black Box Germany

A film by Andreas Veiel

2001: Documentary : 102 m : German with English Subtitles

29 September 2021 | 18:30 hrs IST

Link to the film: https://widerstand.goethe-on-demand.de/movies/black-box-brd

***For first time users, please login using your email Id and Name. This is a free movie, hence you are not required to pay anything. Once you register, feel free to watch the movie anytime during the 48 hour window.

Summary: 

Broad-scale confrontation with the Nazi dictatorship began in the late 1960s and was an aspect of the student revolts. This shaped the next generation, as Andres Veiel – born in 1959 – showed in his documentary “Die Überlebenden” (1996), in which he portrayed his high school class in which three classmates had committed suicide.

In BLACK BOX BRD Andres Veiel contrasts the biography of Alfred Herrhausen, then CEO of Deutsche Bank, with that of RAF terrorist Wolfgang Grams. Herrhausen was murdered by the RAF in a bombing on 30 November 1989. In 1993, when he was arrested at Bad Kleinen train station, Grams was killed in an exchange of fire with the police. Andres Veiel deals in detail with their biographies, beliefs and ideals. He interviews survivors and contemporary witnesses. He interweaves these with private film clips, contemporary television recordings and re-enacted scenes to create a complex contemporary document. Veiel implemented a mixture of documentary and fictional narrative forms to show how close feature and documentary films can be.

Andres Veiel neither wants to reveal the background to the attack on Herrhausen nor clarify the death of Grams. He is interested in the comparison of two biographies from different generations that were shaped by the circumstances of the time. Both made decisions that isolated them from their friends and family. This included how Herrhausen was shaped by Nazi cadre training units and his impressive career during the economic boom, but also the fact that he later campaigned for debt relief for the countries of the ‘Third World,’ which did not please all of his colleagues at the bank. Grams’s depiction includes dealing with his father’s SS past and his radicalisation when he went underground with the RAF in 1984. The two life stories are skilfully juxtaposed by the editor Katja Dringenberg. Ultimately, it is the opposites, but above all the parallels between these biographies, that make Veiel’s film BLACK BOX BRD so exciting – a piece of contemporary history of the Federal Republic in all its contradictions.

 

CONFLUENCE - LALITHA LAJMI

A VIRTUAL PHOTO EXHIBITION

CONFLUENCE - LALITHA LAJMI

19th AUGUST - 19th SEPTEMBER 2021

View the Exhibition here: https://tinyurl.com/CONFLUENCEGZH

This Exhibition is presented by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, Curatorial associate Lina Vincent in collaboration with Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai

What should one write of art that speaks volumes on its own?
How can one confine the many trajectories of an artist’s mind within few chosen themes and contexts?

This exhibition is a Confluence in more ways than one – it offers glimpses of Lalitha Lajmi’s extensive repertoire in painting, drawing, and printmaking, bringing together formal and conceptual explorations of the artist across several decades- right from the 60s until contemporary times. It also embodies in meaning, the manner in which her art practice has always been the meeting point of all her experiences and emotions; the very substance of her life.

Lajmi is a deeply intuitive artist who has embraced change at every turn, allowing her inner urge to lead her into newer ways of expression. She often explains from her own experience that it takes a long time to find oneself in one’s work. Considering herself a self-trained artist, she was advantageously perhaps, kept away from the rigidities of a conventional fine arts education.

One of the most appealing aspects of Lalitha Lajmi’s works are that they have the capacity to become a reflection of a viewers’ own experience. They are deeply human in content and communicate at an emotional level.

Looking through the compilation of work, one sees dimensions of a richly layered life; of challenges and compromises, of a woman’s inner and outer life, her vulnerabilities and resilience – there is also love, desire and longing; there are naked realities mingling with myth and fantasy. One also finds pauses, and moments of reckoning, with shifts in form and visual language. It is an ageless story of human endeavour, relationships and transgressions. Lajmi seamlessly juxtaposes birth and death, belonging and loss, turbulence and contentment. Her art is an empowered space where she tells her story, with all its ups and downs. The act of expression for her is fluid and cathartic.

Symbols and metaphors recur in her visual vocabulary – masks, performers, playing cards, games and toys, pots and receptacles; these take on a variety of meanings in relation to the context they are set in. Lajmi has derived artistic joy from the simplest depiction of tree, to more complex and multilayered narratives of human life. Often, these have been autobiographically inclined, combining personal experience with imagined contexts.

The exhibition loosely follows a chronology of artistic production through different stages of her life: from early woodcuts and etchings, her experimentation with organic abstraction, to extensive phases of figuration in oils and watercolours. The subdued and grainy tones of etchings and aquatints and the rawness of wood and linocut suited her sensibilities – as does the softness of water colour washes. The show culminates in her ‘Memory Roll’, the stellar creation of two paper scrolls inhabited by strings of motifs, birds, people; an evocative confluence of memory and experience that represents the power of Lajmi’s drawing even today.

We are fortunate to be let into this world of stories and feelings, as the artworks turn a prismatic lens on the artist’s journey, and her indomitable spirit - as a woman, as a mother.

Lina Vincent 2021
Curatorial Associate

About Lalitha Lajmi

Lalitha Lajmi, born in 1932, in Kolkata, is a prominent painter and printmaker. She is a self-taught artist raised in a family deeply involved in the arts. She started painting in the early sixties, when she participated in a group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

At the same gallery she had her first solo exhibition in 1961.Over an illustrious career spanning 5 decades, she had several exhibitions at both national and international platforms. She has exhibited her work in India, (Germany) and US. Lajmi has given lectures in India and UK as well. She also showcased her work in Graphic workshop of Prof. Paul Lingerine in Mumbai and two of her etchings were selected for "India Festival" 1985, USA. Her work has been displayed in various famous art galleries including Prithvi Art Gallery, Pundole Art Gallery, Apparao Gallery, Chennai, Pundole Gallery, Mumbai, Hutheesing Centre for Visual Art, Ahmedabad, Art Heritage, New Delhi, Gallery Gay, Germany, Prints Exhibition at Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata etc. .

Recent solo exhibitions include 'Memory Roll'2021 Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, ‘The Minds Cupboards' 2013 at India Art Festival and Clark House Initiative; ‘The Masque of Life ‘2014 Jehangir Art Gallery and ‘Performers' 2015, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai.

It was in the late 1970s that she started evolving a deeply individualistic style and began to make etchings, and to work with oils and watercolors. She is known for her use of auto-biographical elements, imaginative narratives of human relationships, and a tryst with psychoanalysis; in her vast repertoire, she has painted and published art works that sit on many panes of genre, technique and concept.

Lalitha Lajmi is the sister of Hindi film director, producer, and actor (late) Guru Dutt. Her work has also been influenced by Indian films such as those made by Dutt, Satyajit Ray and Raj Kapoor, besides having as a guiding force in the build-up of her career, K.H. Ara (who was a member of the Progressives). Her brother Devi Dutt was a producer and Atma Ram was also a director, she is the mother of Kalpana Lajmi who was a pioneer of parallel cinema in India as well as the cousin of Shyam Benegal the screenwriter and director of films now called Alternate or New Cinema.

Lajmi was the recipient of the Government of India Junior Fellowship from 1979 to 1983. She won the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Travel Grant for International Contemporary Indian Women Artists Show for 50 Years of Indian Independence organized by Mills College of Art at Oakland, California in 1997 and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Travel Grant to East and West Germany for two Exhibitions in 1983.

Lajmi lives and works in Bombay.

 

World Premiere - Onleihe German Digital Library

On the occasion of the inauguration of the ONLEIHE GERMAN DIGITAL LIBRARY amongst diplomats and directors as well as the staff and volunteers at the event on 16 September 2021 ,18.30 pm IST at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad.

The esteemed guests were:

H.E. Mr. Walter J. Lindner, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to India to Hyderabad/Telangana

Ms. Karin Stoll, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Chennai

Mr. Johannes Hoeber, Cultural Attachee, Embassy, Delhi

Dr. Berthold Franke, Regional Director South Asia, Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan

and

Mr. Thomas Meyer, Director Information Services, South Asia Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi

The Ambassador spoke very kindly of his association with India and it's rich culture and people of India. He mentioned that he was proud to see such a lot of enthusiasm from students in India to learn the German language and explore the country's free education.

Dr. Franke expressed his happy association with Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and declared that the Inaugural of the ONLEIHE GERMAN DIGITAL LIBRARY, is the world premiere and that he is proud of the new plethora of options that the Library has opened to serve students and language enthusiasts in the pandemic times, 24/7 round the clock. More than 35,000 different books, e-Music, e-Books, Children's Books, Novels, Language Materials and Films are available in the Onleihe for FREE.

 

Distinguished Speakers' Series: Lalitha Lajmi in conversation with Jesal Thacker and Lina Vincent

Distinguished Speakers' Series

Lalitha Lajmi

In conversation with Jesal Thacker & Lina Vincent

09 September 2021 | 17:00 PM

Join us for this Distinguished Speakers' Series together with Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, where we invite India’s senior most printmaker and woman artist, the iconic Lalitha Lajmi who has contributed to the visual arts for over 7 decades; in a candid conversation with Jesal Thacker, Founder & Director Bodhana Arts & Research Foundation and Lina Vincent, Art Historian, Curator, Writer and Researcher to speak to our audiences.

About Lalitha Lajmi

Lalitha Lajmi, born in 1932, in Kolkata, is a prominent painter and printmaker. She is a self-taught artist raised in a family deeply involved in the arts. She started painting in the early sixties, when she participated in a group exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

At the same gallery she had her first solo exhibition in 1961.Over an illustrious career spanning 5 decades, she had several exhibitions at both national and international platforms. She has exhibited her work in India, (Germany) and US. Lajmi has given lectures in India and UK as well. She also showcased her work in Graphic workshop of Prof. Paul Lingerine in Mumbai and two of her etchings were selected for "India Festival" 1985, USA. Her work has been displayed in various famous art galleries including Prithvi Art Gallery, Pundole Art Gallery, Apparao Gallery, Chennai, Pundole Gallery, Mumbai, Hutheesing Centre for Visual Art, Ahmedabad, Art Heritage, New Delhi, Gallery Gay, Germany, Prints Exhibition at Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata etc. .

Recent solo exhibitions include 'Memory Roll'2021 Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai, ‘The Minds Cupboards' 2013 at India Art Festival and Clark House Initiative; ‘The Masque of Life ‘2014 Jehangir Art Gallery and ‘Performers' 2015, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai.

It was in the late 1970s that she started evolving a deeply individualistic style and began to make etchings, and to work with oils and watercolors. She is known for her use of auto-biographical elements, imaginative narratives of human relationships, and a tryst with psychoanalysis; in her vast repertoire, she has painted and published art works that sit on many panes of genre, technique and concept.

Lalitha Lajmi is the sister of Hindi film director, producer, and actor (late) Guru Dutt. Her work has also been influenced by Indian films such as those made by Dutt, Satyajit Ray and Raj Kapoor, besides having as a guiding force in the build-up of her career, K.H. Ara (who was a member of the Progressives). Her brother Devi Dutt was a producer and Atma Ram was also a director, she is the mother of Kalpana Lajmi who was a pioneer of parallel cinema in India as well as the cousin of Shyam Benegal the screenwriter and director of films now called Alternate or New Cinema.

Lajmi was the recipient of the Government of India Junior Fellowship from 1979 to 1983. She won the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Travel Grant for International Contemporary Indian Women Artists Show for 50 Years of Indian Independence organized by Mills College of Art at Oakland, California in 1997 and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Travel Grant to East and West Germany for two Exhibitions in 1983.

Lajmi lives and works in Bombay.

About Jesal Thacker

Jesal Thacker, an artist by training, chose to pursue scholarship in art instead of art practice. A graduate with a degree in painting from Sir J.J. School of Art, she set up Bodhana Arts and Research Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that engages with researching and publishing books on Indian art. Also an independent curator, she has curated several exhibitions, Prabhakar Barwe’s retrospective being the most recent project in 2019, exhibited at the National Gallery of Modern Art (Mumbai and New Delhi). 

Jesal has a passion for investigating, and questions history with the purpose of re-contextualising it constantly. She is engaged in studying the history of India’s modernism with a focus on abstraction, and in renewing the art history of this period with appropriate scholarship and meticulous archives. 

About Lina Vincent
 
Lina Vincent is an art historian and curator with over 15 years experience in research, design, curation and public art programming. She is Chief Program Designer, Visual Art & Design for TFAI (Teaching for Artistic Innovation) Bangalore, and Associate Curator with ARTPORT_making waves. She has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Bangalore University and a master’s in Art History from the same institution (2001). Her independent projects include MEMORABILIA, Gallery Sumukha Bangalore (2014); ‘under my skin…under your skin’ Baptist Coelho (2013); ‘Between the Lines: Identity, Place and Power—Selections from the Waswo X Waswo Collection of Indian Printmaking’ NGMA Bangalore + Mumbai (2012-13)

 

Shrishti Emerging Palettes

Emerging Palettes is an annual art exhibition that provides a platform for Emerging Artists from across the country to showcase their work. This is the 12th edition of the exhibition organized in collaboration with Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. 

The following artists have been selected for their outstanding Art submitted for Emerging Palettes, whose work will be shown at Shrishti Art Gallery from 5th September - 5th October. The Chief Guest for the show is the eminent Artist: Padma Shri, K. Laxma Goud. 

 

 

 

RENDEZVOUS WITH SENIORS'

Rendezvous with Seniors'

5 Stories, 3 Generations, 1 celebration -"Senior Citizen's Day 2021"

28 August 2021 | 18:30 PM

The World Senior Citizen's Day is celebrated on 21 August each year. The celebration took place for the first time on 1 October 1991. It is a day to remember and celebrate the older generation and thank them for their immeasurable contributions. 

We present to you this year a collage of everyday celebrations through five different stories. The aim of this presentation is to acknowledge the immense value and joy that is added by the presence of our elders at home. It portrays the connection between several generations by showcasing the time that they enjoy spending together doing what they love.

Do join us ONLINE as we pause for a while to celebrate our Seniors' here.

 

 

Movie am Mittwoch: Revision

MOVIE AM MITTWOCH

Revision

A film by Philip Scheffner

2012 | Documentary | 110 m | Romanian with English Subtitles

11 August 2021 | 18:30 hrs IST

Film Link: https://widerstand.goethe-on-demand.de/movies/revision

Summary: 

In the early morning hours of 29 June 1992 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, two people were found dead by harvest workers in a grain field near the Polish border. Philip Scheffner deals with a detailed reconstruction of the case in his essayistic documentary REVISION. It is about the death of two Romanian Roma who were asylum seekers in Germany. The circumstances that led to the deaths of Grigore Velcu and Eudache Calderar have still not been clarified. Officially, it was a hunting accident, a tragic mistaking of them for wild boar. The hunters were never convicted. The trial, which dragged on for years and in which crucial questions were not pursued, ended in an acquittal.

Almost twenty years later, Philip Scheffner and Merle Kröger conducted a thorough investigation, unlike the one at the time, with archaeological instincts. In Romania they sought out the relatives of those killed, who only now learned about the details of the circumstances of the deaths and the trial. They made statements about the two victims that no one had been interested in before. Like all the witnesses and experts whom he questioned again, the director gave them the opportunity to listen to and rethink their statements – in contrast to the common practice, which turns statements once made into facts. Scheffner explained this concept in an interview, saying, “We wanted the people we speak to to have the highest degree of control over what they say. We wanted to create a kind of cinematic space that develops a level between us behind the camera, between the people in front of the camera, but ultimately, of course, also for the people in the auditorium by doing the same thing, namely listening to something; so also to shake up the power relations that arise during such an interview.”

In this way, Scheffner not only subjects the case, but also his own medium, to a cinematic revision. With increasingly oppressive density, he weaves a network of landscape, memories, files and “German conditions.”

 

Kickoff - Symposium : SAAI – SUPER ARTISTIC AI – FACTORY

SAAI – SUPER ARTISTIC AI – FACTORY

A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM FOR ARTISTIC PRODUCTION AND AI TECHNOLOGY

SAAI –Super Artistic AI– Factory is the first contemporary art based hackathon on artificial intelligence. 

Visit http://saai-factory.com for details

SAAI Factory kicks off with an international symposium offering the participants as well as anyone interested in Art and AI a spectrum of current perspectives and developments within the field. Through workshops the viewers will be given access to technical knowledge surrounding machine learning that is being applied in artistic fields of music, sound, image, pictures, motion, movement, language and text. Through keynote speeches and input talks, the speakers will sketch out the past, present and future of AI intertwined with Art. 

Friday August 6, 2021, 3.30 – 7.00 p.m. (UTC)

To open up the symposium, the audience will have a chance to get to know the SAAI Factory as well as receive inspiration from the keynote speakers. These will shine light on the scientific background of image generation and neural networks, cognitive and neuroscientific research, as well as the connection to AI in contemporary art practice. 

Saturday August 7, 2021, 3.00 –  8.00 p.m. (UTC)

Day two of the symposium will offer keynote speeches, input talks and a workshop which guide the audience through AI technologies applied within the current field of immersive experiences, subjective reality as well as interactive storytelling and game design.

Sunday, August 8, 2021, 9.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. (UTC)

The last day of the symposium will focus on the connection of AI and Art, Design and Music. While the speakers will offer a spectrum of current perspectives within the field, the workshops will deliver usable tools, guidance and visualisations of the interconnections between artistic intelligence and AI. 


To participate, click here.

 

Sommerfest 2021

Sommerfest 2021

For GZH students only

30 July 2021 | 5:00 PM IST

Times are grimm and we need to grab onto every reason to celebrate. We cordially invite the students of Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad to join these fun festivities being put together by our teachers and students themselves.

We cannot invite you to raise a toast in our physical premises yet, but perhaps by the end of the year we can drink some Gluehwein together!

Spiel und Spaß online!

Kaffee und Kuchen zu hause!

Musik und Tanz Überall!

 

Documentary Screening: LYARI NOTES

Docu-Forum Online

LYARI NOTES

A film by Maheen Zia and Miriam Chandy Menacherry

80 minutes, 2015-16, India and Pakistan, Hindi /English with English Subtitles

Please find the access details to the film here:

https://vimeo.com/146481425

Password: lyarinotesnov212015

Summary

“The story is timeless and universal on the search for a space for creativity and self-expression in the face of overt threats and violence

-Riyas Komu, Artistic Director Kochi-Biennale, Tribune

In Pakistan a rock star teaches a group of girls to express themselves through music in Karachi’s most volatile district.

Hamza Jafri travels in an armed vehicle. He is a musician famous for his hard hitting political lyrics since the 1990s. Since then religious fundamentalism has been on the rise with shops selling music torched, concerts bombed and musicians threatened with death. Seeing the shrinking space for music and artists Hamza opens a music school.

Captured over 3 years Lyari Notes is the narrative of four young girls who attend Hamza’s music school and learn what it takes to express oneself despite the cycles of violence.

Lyari Notes is a film about melting boundaries…in spirit as well as how the film was made.

You can watch the film here by the live link which will be available to you on 21.July 2021 at 6.30 pm IST

After the first screening on 21. July 2021 from 6.30 pm IST, from 8:00 pm IST, you can join the film makers for a live discussion on Facebook.

Kindly click https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/  to participate in the open discussion.

You can ask questions by writing in the 'comment' section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

 

 

Call for Applications: Shrishti Emerging Palettes

12th Edition

Shrishti Emerging Palettes

Call for Applications

24 June 2021 - 20 July 2021

Emerging Palettes is an annual art exhibition that provides a platform for Emerging Artists from across the country to showcase their work. This is the 12th edition of the exhibition organized in collaboration with Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. Artists who have completed their Master's degree in Fine Arts over the last four years can apply to the program. The artists and works will be selected based on skill and creativity by Shrishti Art Gallery, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and an eminent artist.

Twelve artists will be selected from the applications submitted to the program. These artists will not only be part of Emerging Palettes 2021, but also three artists from this exhibition will have the opportunity to be part at a three-member group exhibition in the following year at Shrishti Art Gallery. These three artists will go on to showcase a larger body of their work.

How to apply for Emerging Palettes 2021

Artists who have completed their MFA on or after 2018 can apply for Emerging Palettes 2021, by sending an email to (emergingpalettes@gmail.com) with their detailed profile, high resolution images of their artworks and a self-portrait by July 20, 2021.

 

Movie am Mittwoch: Fassbinder - lieben ohne zu fordern

MOVIE AM MITTWOCH

Fassbinder – Lieben ohne zu fordern

(FASSBINDER: TO LOVE WITHOUT DEMANDS)

A film by Christian Braad Thomsen

2015 | Documentary | 1h 49m

14 July 2021 | 18:30 hrs IST

Here is the link: https://sas.goethe-on-demand.de/movies/fassbinder-lieben-ohne-zu-fordern

For first time users, please login using your email Id and Name. This is a free movie, hence you are not required to pay anything. Once you register, feel free to watch the movie anytime during the 48 hour window. This movie is geo-blocked for viewers of the Indian Subcontinent only. 

The film "Fassbinder: To love without demands" takes a Freudian lens to the life and career of the seminal filmmaker. Friend and devotee of Fassbinder from 1969 to the end, Thomson runs through the director’s career with a psychoanalytic bent, supported by an unreleased interview he shot in 1978 when the great man was particularly exhausted and loose-lipped. Thomsen divides his docu into chapters — “Childhood,” “The Adult Child,” etc. — to further emphasize the psychoanalytical underpinnings, especially with regard to Fassbinder’s earliest years.

Film Summary Courtesy: Variety.com

Picture Courtesy: www.filmaffinity.com

 

HLF Online | Book Talk: Green Humour For A Greying Planet

BOOK TALK - HLF ONLINE

Green Humour For A Greying Planet

Author Rohan Chakravarty in conversation with Sita Reddy

09 July 2021 | 19:00 hrs IST

Live here: youtube.com/c/hlf-india

Green Humour For A Greying Planet is a curation of gag cartoons and comic strips based exclusively on wildlife and nature, perhaps the first of its kind. At a time when global warming, wildlife crimes and man-animal conflicts are at their worst, 'Green Humour' is sure to provide its readers some much needed comic relief. A comprehensive and satirical take on various aspects of the natural world and the threats to its conservation, this book will appeal to both the scientifically inclined readers as well as the general readers.

Rohan Chakravarty is a cartoonist, illustrator and the creator of Green Humour, a series of cartoons, comics, and illustrations on wildlife and nature conservation. Cartoons from Green Humour appear periodically in newspaper columns, magazines and journals. Illustrations from Green Humour have been used for several projects and campaigns on wildlife awareness and conservation. He is also the author of Bird Business (2019) and The Great Indian Nature Trail (2018). He has won awards by UNDP, Sanctuary Asia, WWF International, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Publishing Next for his work.

Sita Reddy is a writer, scholar, and museum curator who has been Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution and Wellcome Library, and visiting professor at the University of Hyderabad. She guest-edited Marg magazine’s first-ever special issue on botanical art, and is currently working on a book on the history of art in Indian medicinal herbals. 

 

Workshop: Green Your Time of the Month. Period.

WORKSHOP

Green Your Time of the Month. Period.

A sustainable menstrual workshop 

9th July 2021, 16:00 hrs IST

Register for this workshop here: https://tinyurl.com/sustainablemenstruation

Bare Necessities and Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad are organising a sustainable menstrual workshop. 

At this workshop facilitated by Sahar Mansoor & a guest, you will understand how sanitary napkins are harmful to the environment and overwhelms the landfills further. You will also learn about other zero waste alternatives such as menstrual cups and cloth pads. This workshop will open you to the world of Zero-Waste Menstrual Hygiene that will make periods safe for you and the environment.

 

Virtual Photo Exhibition: Rocks Matter

A VIRTUAL PHOTO EXHIBITION

ROCKS MATTER

BY THE SOCIETY TO SAVE ROCKS – curated by Sangeeta Varma and Ashok Kumar Vootla.

On view from 02 July until 24 July 2021

Join us for the official Exhibition Opening on 2nd July 2021 | 6:30 pm IST

Chief Guest: Ms. Karin Stoll, Consul General, German Consulate General Chennai

View our Inaugural here: https://youtu.be/v8oiw_s8j-8

View the Exhibition here: https://tinyurl.com/rocksmatter

Exhibition Summary:

It is quite common to have Heritage Status awarded to monuments and architectural wonders, however Hyderabad is the only city where the unique Deccan Rock formations share the same honor. This has been made possible by the tireless efforts of the Society to Save Rocks, the lone NGO in India that works exclusively for rock conservation and integration. What started in 1996 by environment enthusiasts of the twin cities as a small initiative has grown over twenty five years to encourage people to not just take notice of the 2500 million year old rocks but to protect them from destruction and integrate them into their living spaces.

Peninsular India mostly comprises of hard crystalline rocks formed by consolidation and crystallization of magma like granites and gneisses. These rocks largely occur in the Deccan Plateau covering Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The weathered outcrops offer the most aesthetic balancing formations – the perfect awe inspiring subjects, silently waiting to be captured by the avid photographer. Here we have the works of a group of passionate photographers, rock climbers and ecology warriors, who have toiled hard to capture the majestic, irreplaceable Natural Heritage of rocks.

Why rocks? Rocks per se support a fascinating variety of flora and fauna, recharge precious ground water and are responsible for the formation of water bodies. Their mineral content contributes to the soil and the vegetation around them. Rocks offer themselves for recreation, adventure tourism, as lung space and just being in their midst, works as an instant stress buster.

In this, our 25th year of rock conservation, the Society gives you the opportunity to get a feel of the great outdoors while indoors - a ‘lockdown luxury’ that can be enjoyed from all parts of the globe and help you add these destinations to your travel bucket list.

You will see that Rocks do matter, one way or the other, and fragmenting them into building material is not just permanent damage, it undermines human existence. Recent Covid-19 lessons have spelt loud and clear – that we cannot afford to tamper with the delicate balance of our ecosystem, be it oxygen, green cover, or rivers.  Nature’s gifts are truly priceless, and the prehistoric rocks of the Deccan are well worth protecting!

www.saverocks.org   

facebook: @saverocks   

twitter: @SaveRocks

 

Film Screening: BEUYS

Wednesday, 23. June 2021, 6.00 pm IST

Docu-Forum Online

BEUYS

A film by ANDRES VEIEL

107 minutes, 2017, German and English with English Subtitles

Summary

Beuys, the man with a hat, some felt, and the Fettecke. Thirty years after his death he still seems to be a visionary, way ahead of his time. Back then he was trying to patently explain how “money shouldn´t be a commodity.” He knew that money trade would undermine democracy. But there´s more. Beuys boxes, parleys, lectures, and explains pictures to a dead hare. He asks with a grin: “Do You Want a Revolution Without Laughter?“ His expanded concept of art leads him smack in the middle of socially relevant discourse, even today.

A congenial montage of countless, previously untapped visual and audio sources, director Andreas Veiel and his team created a one-of-a-kind chronicle: “Beuys” is not a portrait in the common sense but an intimate look at a human being, his art, and his world of ideas.

THE DIRECTOR

Andres Veiel was born in 1959 in Stuttgart and studied Psychology in Berlin. He then attended seminars in Directing and Dramaturgy at the Artist House Bethanien in Berlin from 1985-1989. Since then, he has been active writing film and theater scripts and lectures at the Free University in Berlin. His films include: A WINTERNIGHT'S DREAM (documentary, 1992), BALAGAN (documentary, 1993) winner of the IFFS Main Prize and the German Film Award in Silver, THE SURVIVORS (documentary, 1996) winner of the Main Prize at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich and the Adolf Grimme Award in 1998, the highly-acclaimed BLACK BOX GERMANY (2001) for which he received the German Film Award for Best Documentary in 2002 and the European Film Award, DIE SPIELWÜTIGEN (2004), THE KICK (2006) which won the Grand Prix Cinema du Reel, and IF NOT US, WHO (2011).

You can watch the film here by the live link which will be available to you on 23.June 2021 at 6.00 pm

After the first screening on 23. June 2021 from 6.00 pm IST, from 8:00 pm IST, you can join the film maker for a live discussion on Facebook.

Kindly click https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/  to participate in the open discussion.

You can ask questions by writing in the 'comment' section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

 

 

World Music Day 2021 - ONLINE!

WORLD MUSIC DAY

Monday, 21 June 2021, 6.30 pm IST

Catch us live here: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheZentrumHyderabad

“Music is life itself.” – Louis Armstrong

Hurray, it is that time of the year again, where Music is celebrated across the world. Over 120 countries celebrate World Music Day by organizing free public concerts in parks, streets, stations, museums and other such public places. On this day musicians are encouraged to play in public or for public.

And we are back albeit this year too VIRTUALLY, to take you with us on a musical journey with 5 different genres of music, simply celebrating the musicians and the magic they create!!

Our Line-up

  • Aman Mahajan & Nishad Pandey with piano and guitar music
  • Hindustani music by a Khayal vocalist of the Gwalior Gharana - Tanveer Singh Sapra
  • Multi - genre music bY Raghu Avanish Moparthi
  • Jazz and pop on saxophone by George Hull
  • Pahadi music by Vasudev and team presented by Nations Rock Beat
  • Beatcity - hip-hop music presented by Nations Rock Beat

 

Workshop: Zero Waste Kitchen

WORKSHOP

Zero Waste Kitchen

An interactive workshop on going Zero Waste in your Kitchens

12 June 2021, 18:30 hrs IST

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/zerowastekitchen

A lot of our food waste ends up in landfills and produces a large amount of methane - 25 times more powerful a greenhouse gas than CO2. It even causes landfill fires! The good thing is that there is a way to do something about it.

Join us for the third interactive workshop by Bare Necessities on going Zero Waste in your kitchens. We'll deep dive into problems associated with food waste and the current system, become aware of the solutions we can all be a part of and also do some fun DIYs together: The art of composting and Upcycling an old t-shirt into a reusable bag.

  • Hands-on DIYs - The art of composting and addressing those FAQs!
    • Plastic bucket/clay pot/ terracotta pot (khamba)
    • Scissors
    • Shredded cardboard / dried leaves / cocopeat / remix powder / soil
    • Food waste
  • Upcycling an old t-shirt into a reusable bag - you'll never need a single-use bag again 
    • an old t-shirt
    • ruler
    • pencil
    • scissors

At the end of the session we will all start becoming aware of the products and ingredients we use at home, the way we segregate our waste. Remember, it's all about the incremental steps, nothing happens overnight!

 

Between darkness and light

VIRTUAL PHOTO EXHIBITION

Between darkness and light

A compilation of photographs by Amita Talwar
Curated by Lina Vincent

On View: 11 June 2021 - 09 July 2021

View the exhibition here

About the Exhibition:

Light and darkness are elemental concepts that engender a multiplicity of meanings and experiences, in both figurative and metaphorical terms. They coexist like the symbol of yin and yang; and follow universal systems that we understand from the very way our cosmos is arranged.  

The compilation of photographs from Amita Talwar’s diverse body of work, reflects on the intermingling of darkness and light, and the subtle relationships of concealment and revelation that it makes visible. Talwar’s images often embrace the subject of Transience – the ephemerality of, and impermanence of both physical and intangible entities. In a period of disorientation like the current times, the relevance of acknowledging this in-betweenness, and finding a way to balance between extremities, is a valuable message.

Visually, her work demonstrates an organic understanding of compositional devices, and explores the many possibilities of the camera lens. She has a way of framing forms and structures as well as subtle associations of colour and light, leading the viewer gently into an entire range of atmospheres and experiences.

About the Artist

Amita Talwar was the founder Editor/Publisher of the popular magazine Channel 6, initiated in Hyderabad in 1990. She ran it for over two decades and now oversees a Not for Profit, Art for Causes which supports education of children from marginalised backgrounds. Amita is deeply interested in photography and painting. Her work has been shown in New York, Chennai, Hyderabad and is with private collectors in Europe, U.S., Dubai and India. Her book of photographs "Forms of the Formless" was brought out by Multiple Sclerosis Society - A.P. Chapter to raise funds for their ongoing projects. Her love for poetry was expressed through a one hour documentary on Kaifi Azmi made for Doordarshan in 1999.

 

 

Workshop: Celebrate good times, come on (but sustainably!)

WORKSHOP

Celebrate good times, come on (but sustainably!)

A deep dive into zero waste gifting!

29 May 2021, 18:30 hrs IST

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/zerowastegifting

We are all becoming increasingly reliant on eCommerce to fulfill our gifting obligations. Many times, do you find yourself gifting only because of an occasion, and rushing through the gifting process? Gifting has now become sort of a chore, rather than the beautiful form of appreciate it is. 
 
Have you ever thought about the implications of all that you are gifting? It may look beautiful, but there are various aspects that go into a gift and this is where we come in!
 
Showing gratitude towards friends and family in a mindful manner is awesome, and that why this webinar! Let's dive into various aspects of gifting that we often overlook, how we can become more mindful and lastly, actual DIYs that we can do together and gift sustainably!
 
The DIYs will be:
  • Gifting wrapping in an eco-friendly manner!

  • Making a diya using orange peels!

Duration: 45 minutes + 15 minutes Q+A (1 hour session)

 

Film Screening: PINA

Docu-Forum Online

PINA

A film by Wim Wenders

100 minutes, 2010, German with English Subtitles

Wednesday, 26. May  2021, 6:30  PM IST

Summary

A Film for PINA BAUSCH from WIM WENDERS

PINA is a feature-length dance film with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009. PINA is a film for Pina Bausch by Wim Wenders. He takes the audience on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage with the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble, he follows the dancers out of the theatre into the city and the surrounding areas of Wuppertal - the place, which for 35 years was the home and centre for Pina Bausch's creativity.

WIM WENDERS

Wim Wenders came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of the New

German Cinema during the 1970’s and is considered to be one of the most important figures in contemporary German film. In addition to his many prize-winning feature films, his work as a scriptwriter, director, producer, photographer and author also encompasses an abundance of innovative documentary films, international photo exhibitions and numerous monographs, film books and prose collections. He lives and works in Berlin.

This programme is by registration only. Kindly click the given link https://forms.gle/FoncncfkQygFySwc8

You can watch the film using the Vimeo link which will be sent to you on 26. May 2021 at 6.30 pm IST.

After the first screening on 26. May 2021, from 8:00 pm IST, we will present a moderated conversation, 'PINA AFTER PINA - LEGACIES, TRANSLATIONS AND RELEVANCE'

The conversation will be between Aveek Sen and Preethi Athreya moderated by Vikram Iyengar

You are invited to the programme on our Facebook page where it will be live-streamed.

Kindly click https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/  to join the programme.

You can ask questions by writing in the 'comment' section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

Details:

Vikram Iyengar

Vikram Iyengar is an arts leader and connector based in Calcutta, India, and working internationally. He is a dancer-choreographer-director, curator-presenter, and arts researcher-writer. Co-founder and artistic director of Ranan Performance Collective, he also initiated and leads the Pickle Factory Dance Foundation – a hub for dance and movement practice and discourse. His scope of work spans practice, discourse, critique, ideation and management, and revolves around the central tenet of creating deep connections with and through the arts.

Aveek Sen

Aveek Sen is a writer and educator, working across literature, cinema, music and the other arts. He studied English literature at Jadavpur University, Calcutta, and University College, Oxford, and taught at St Hilda’s College, Oxford. He was the recipient of the 2009 Infinity Award for writing on photography, given by the International Center of Photography, New York. He was associate editor (editorial pages) of The Telegraph, Calcutta, where he wrote a column called “Art & Life”. He has written extensively with artists like Dayanita Singh, Roni Horn, Moyra Davey, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and On Kawara.

Preethi Athreya

With a background in the classical Indian form of Bharatanatyam, Preethi has been working within the Indian contemporary dance scene as a performer, choreographer and facilitator. She has been engaged since early 2000 in creating a personal movement language that reflects her relationship with her context, being at the same time open to new ways in how we may relate to the body. With a strong commitment to constantly redefine the Indian body, Preethi lives and works in Chennai, India.

 

Help Hyderabad Heal

VIRTUAL PHOTO EXHIBITION

Help Hyderabad Heal

Clicks for a cause by Serish Nanisetti

On View: 22 May 2021 - 30 June 2021

View the exhibition here: https://tinyurl.com/helphyderabadheal

About the Exhibition:

An Online exhibition and sale in aid of the pandemic affected. These photographs were shot over the past decade, showing the architectural glory of the city that was founded on the Deccan plateau. Some of these photographs were part of an exhibition called Domes of Hyderabad at the Hyderabad Literary Festival.

The proceeds of the auction will be directly transferred to chosen NGOs working to provide Covid relief to citizens in need. The NGOs are working to help families feed, help families conduct the funeral rites of their loved ones, and aid families find their moorings due to economic, social and financial stress.

All Photographs are for SALE. Limited Canvas Edition Prints - 10 original prints on CANVAS are immediately available. To buy DIGITAL prints please write to jyothi.bezawada@goethe-hyderabad.org. Post sale pick up at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad following all COVID protocol.

About the Artist:

Serish Nanisetti is a journalist and the author of Golconda /Bagnagar/Hyderabad, a chronicle of medieval Hyderabad. A student of literature, Serish has worked in some of the leading Indian newspapers like The Times of India, The New Indian Express, The Pioneer, and The Hindu, for the past 25 years in various positions.

He has extensively chronicled Hyderabad’s history over the last decade. One of the enduring passions of life for Serish is to find the perfect bowl of Hyderabadi biryani again and again. He also claims he can make round rotis and a decent sambar.

 

SNEAK PEEK - 3

FREE ONLINE GERMAN LANGUAGE - TRIAL CLASS

SNEAK PEEK - 3 

30 April 2021, 18:00 hrs IST

Live here: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheZentrumHyderabad

German is one of the ten most spoken languages in the world. Some 185 million people worldwide speak German. Did you know that foreign languages are also increasingly sought after by employers. The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. It promotes knowledge of the German language abroad. It has a wide-spread network of Goethe-Instituts, Goethe Centres and exam centres and we are on of them. Join us for a FREE ONLINE CLASS, to explore the world of a new foreign language.

 

Book Talk: HLF Online - Bare Necessities - How to live a Zero Waste Life

BOOK TALK - HLF ONLINE

Bare Necessities - How to live a Zero Waste Life

Authors Sahar Mansoor & Tim de Ridder in conversation with Tanya Burgula

23 April 2021, 19:00 hrs IST

Live here: youtube.com/c/hlf-india

Bare Necessities is your one-stop guide on how to move towards a more sustainable lifestyle in India. Join us as we get into a dialogue with the authors Sahar Mansoor and Tim de Riddler into the making of the book and how they walk the talk by adapting a zero waste lifestyle themselves.

About the Authors

Sahar Mansoor is the founder and CEO of Bare Necessities, a zero-waste social enterprise. She is a circular-economy nerd, a voracious learner and a curious traveller. Sahar has obtained accredited degrees on environmental topics in India, the USA and England, becoming a University of Cambridge alumni. Her business offers zero-waste personal care, lifestyle, home care and educational products and services, including online sustainability courses called ‘Zero Waste in 30’ and ‘Sustainability in 30’.

She has also volunteered in Guatemala, Jamaica and the Democratic Republic of Congo for humanitarian projects. Her time working at the World Health Organization in Geneva and SELCO Foundation, on implementing decentralized renewable energy projects in rural Karnataka, enabled her to build Bare Necessities from the ground up. Her work has been recognized by Google India, Al Jazeera, NDTV, Vogue, Elle, Femina, India Today, among others.

Sahar has a 500-gram jar of waste that she brings to the sustainability workshops she conducts, which is all the waste she has produced in the last five years. For more, visit https://barenecessities.in/.

Tim de Ridder began his environmental career in Australia, prior to moving to South East Asia and South Asia. He has a master’s degree in environmental management and sustainability from Monash University, Australia. He has organized a wide range of workshops on sustainability, with a focus on the circular economy, the creation of an online education course on waste in India and community engagement initiatives in Cambodia and Malaysia.

He has also written widely on environmental topics, including a research paper on the livelihoods of low-income communities and the benefits of carbon farming for indigenous Australians.

A word about the Moderator

Tanya Rao, now known for founding the cultural community centre - The Chalet, dabbled in various industries before establishing The Chalet. From playing professional tennis from the age of 7 for ten years, to brief stint in television journalism or joining the founding team of KWAN Entertainment in South India, she’s picked the best of all worlds to incorporate into her dreams and vision.

While working closely with influential people and the exposure all the industries offered her helped her zero in what she wants to do today. The Chalet is a space that runs parallel to her ideals and value-systems, all which cater to a large section of people. The Chalet is a unification of a co-working space, an activity centre, cafe and retail spaces.  The space, as well as Tanya, helps innovators, and leaders grow through providing the platform to bridge the gap between them and their vision.

 

Biodiversity in the Backyard

VIRTUAL PHOTO EXHIBITION

Biodiversity in the Backyard

By Kobita Dass Kolli & Lakshmi Prabhala

On View- 22 April 2021 to 15 May 2021

View the exhibition here: https://tinyurl.com/BiodiversityEarthDay

Amidst growing urban jungles and shrinking green spaces, gardens and pockets of natural wilderness (scattered across the city) prove to be an oasis, sustaining native wildlife.

During the lockdown, Kobita Dass Kolli and Lakshmi Prabhala spent time observing the flora and fauna in their gardens hoping for some respite. They found these encounters with garden-dwellers immensely entertaining and visually engaging. Their discoveries lead to a deeper understanding of the marvels of Nature as well as an appreciation of the rich variety of micro-habitats in and around Hyderabad. Unnoticed by us, all of Nature - animals, plants, soil, rocks, lakes, rivers and weather - is intricately networked.

Showcasing visuals of biodiversity from their backyards, Kobita and Lakshmi urge you to step out, observe, marvel and celebrate Mother Earth in all her intricate beauty. This exhibition is being presented as a part of the Earth Week Celebration by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad.

About the artists:

Kobita Dass Kolli is an amateur naturalist, observing and documenting the flora and fauna around her. She is happy to light the spark of curiosity and share her findings on Tree Walks, talks and social media.

She and a friend have continued to guide an activity class of gardening and nature awareness for 4th class students at Vidyaranya School for 17 years.

Kobita is an illustrator and worked at Titan as a watch designer. She is a graduate of Plant Sciences and Botany with an M.Phil in Plant Physiology.

Lakshmi Prabhala is a Hyderabad-based independent writer and photographer with a keen interest in culture, heritage, travel and arts. She is widely published and has authored two books, both in collaboration with BluePencil Creative. Her first book, ‘Hydandseek - a visual tribute to Hyderabad’, (2015) is a collection of daily-life images in the city.

Her second book, 'Orugallu to Warangal : Journeys across time', (2019), is a book that celebrates the culture and heritage of the historic city. As a passionate Nature-lover, she is equally curious and alert to stories that unfold in green spaces. She can be reached on Twitter/Instagram @lakshmiprabhala.

 

Workshop: What's in my product!

WORKSHOP

What's in my product?!

A deep dive into zero waste personal care!

21 April 2021, 18:00 hrs IST

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/whatisinmyproduct

Ever stopped to think about the packaging your toothpaste comes in? Don't stop there, turn that tube around and check out the ingredients you are exposing your body to. Can you pronounce any of them? Most likely not and that's why this workshop! Learn about how you can go from hero to zero waste hero for your personal care routines, something we do each and every day! From DIYs to interaction to Q+A sessions, it's an hour that should not be missed!

Using a people-centered and earth-centered approach, Bare Necessities is an organization that addresses serious flaws in manufacturing, distribution, and consumption by innovating and providing sustainable solutions to waste, and identifying problems that more companies need to address if they want to be innovative and socially-conscious.

 

Talk: Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Masculinity, Power, and Dominance

TALK - For the Students of GZH

Sexual Harassment at Workplace: Masculinity, Power, and Dominance 

18 April 2021, 11:30 hrs IST

Registration link here: https://tinyurl.com/shwpSession

About our Speaker:

U. Vindhya, PhD is former Professor of Psychology and Deputy Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad campus.

She is the recipient of several awards and fellowships including the South Asian Visiting Scholarship (Oxford University); Fulbright Visiting Lecturership (USA); Visiting Professorships in Hungary and Sweden; and the Distinguished Publication Award (USA) for her co-edited book Handbook of International Feminisms: Perspectives on Psychology, Women, Culture and Rights (published by Springer, New York).

Her research interests are located in the interface of psychology and feminism and have focused on gender and mental health, violence against women, trafficking of women, feminist counselling, and the psychological dynamics of women's political activism.

She has published widely in national and international journals, apart from leading several research projects sponsored by the World Bank, Gates Foundation, ICRW, UGC and the ICSSR, amongst others. She was also the Project Director of the Sakhi One Stop Centres for gender-based violence, a project for which TISS Hyderabad is a knowledge partner with the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, Govt of Telangana.

In addition to teaching and research, she has been involved in conducting training and capacity building programmes on gender sensitization, stress management and basic counselling skills for educational institutions, police and the paramilitary, industry and corporate organizations, media and publishing houses.

 

Panel Discussion: Impact of pandemic on Art Making and Curation

PANEL DISCUSSION

Impact of pandemic on Art Making and Curation

On View: 16 April 2021, 18:00 hrs IST

Catch us live here: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheZentrumHyderabad

Museums and galleries were among the first places to shutter when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Art lovers moved online, as did carefully curated collections.

From the first to the third wave of the pandemic, the Art world has been through a sea of change; beginning with the seven day Art challenge on Social Media, to artists tagging each other for showcasing their work, all in an act of solidarity, to fight financial challenges and to create an awareness - that making Art, means work and livelihood to the Art community. In a way the pandemic has not only boosted partnerships within the art world but it has also increased coordination amongst the global art industry.

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is thrilled to invite national and international fraternities of Art to participate in a panel discussion "Impact of Pandemic on Art Making and Curation." The panel discussion would highlight the present and future of showcasing Art, online and the possibilities ahead to create a sustainable and creative environment.

PANEL: Azumi Uchitani, Georgina Maddox, Sheryl Oring & Subhasree Biswas Franceschi with Koeli Mukherjee as the MODERATOR

 

Rocks in the Frame: A conversation about Dakhani Arts and the Rocks

BAITHAK

Rocks in the Frame!

A conversation about Dakhani Arts and the Rocks 

23 April 2021, 19:00 hrs IST

Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/rocksintheframe

The oft quoted line by Goethe: “I am here to wonder” expresses wonder in the face of our earths' majesty, one of the oldest cognitions in the human toolkit. It is available to all of us, even though it is often overcome by the realities and demands of our daily lives. The “I am Here to Wonder” conversations keep the wonder front and center. They are about the moments when we step out of our ordinary consciousness and tap into something greater. 

These Conversations/ Baithaks/Mulaqaataan serve as triggers to remember and recognize how, over the ages, this connection with the natural world around us has led us to consciously and unconsciously, intertwine it into different aspects of our culture. Particularly, how our region’s unique natural heritage, the rocks, are linked to its culture. Each Baithak will focus on a different aspect to create an engaging experience for all: the audiences, the featured conversationalists and the hosts -

Rocks in the Frame! is a Mulaaqaat in which Navina Haider (a renowned authority on Arts of the Deccan, curator of the Sultans of the Deccan Exhibition for the New York Metropolitan Museum) will be in conversation with Kathleen James Chakraborty (the first woman recipient of the Royal Irish Academy’s gold medal in humanities in Ireland, Art History faculty at UCD, has been on the board of the Chester Beatty Library and Collection, Trinity Science Gallery, National Gallery of Ireland etc.) Chester Beatty has some lovely Deccan miniatures featuring rocks in its collection and Kathleen will speak about a few of them. Navina will speak about how rocks have great presence in Dakhani landscape paintings of the late 17th century and help locate historical figures and events. She will also include Bidri in her part of the conversation, as well as connections to Chinese rocks and actual sacred rocks. 

Abeer Gupta will moderate the conversation and encourage the audience interaction. They will discuss Dakhani miniature painting / Bidri work / other art and craft forms ; how the landscape was a core inspiration for the area artists and crafts-persons and how they acknowledged it robustly in their work. 

 

Her Story of Dance - A Podcast Series

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in collaboration with Suno India and Bol Hyderabad is proud to present to you the SECOND of our podcast series. This NEW podcast series ‘Her Story of Dance’ will bring you the story of the Devadasi women through the centuries, expressed and narrated by Dr. Yashoda Thakore. 

Episode 1: The beginning

The first episode is the story of discovery, of reaching out, and the story of learning. Dancer, research, and a voice from the Kalvantulu community (hereditary dancer families from the Godavari region) Dr. Yashoda takes us through the idea of lineage and practice in the life of a devadasi weaving her personal journey with the voices of scholars. This episode like the blossom of a bud reveals the story before the flowering that follows. The figure of who the devadasi was, what she did, and where she was. Her conversation with Dr. Saskia (author of Nityasumangali) takes one through the temple practices of the devadasi and what it represented.

Voices: Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Sampreeti Malladi

Guest: Dr. Saskia Kersenboom

Episode 2: Patronage and Caste

In this episode, Host Yashoda Thakore takes us through the Devadasi history in the Telugu speaking areas. Reflecting on the Kakatiya, and Nayaka times the questions of who the patrons for the art were, what were the different contexts in which the devadasi performed, the idea of devadasi as a caste is discussed.

This episode also features her conversation with Dr. Saskia (author of Nityasumangali) takes one through the temple practices of the devadasi and what it represented.

Voices: Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Sampreeti Malladi

Guest: Dr. Saskia Kersenboom

Episode 3: Devadasi repertoire and Aesthetic Representation

In this episode, Yashoda takes us through some of Devadasi repertoire, its aesthetic representation and how that differs from that of Kuchipudi. It examines how the devadasi repertoire reflects the multiple contexts it traversed noting the influence of the Maratha courts of Tanjore, the English and the Zamindars who prevailed as patrons. The episode is interspersed with Yashoda’s interaction with Mrdangist, Sri Yendamuri Subbarao brings in the voices, opinions and experiences of one who has lived, performed and continues in the real and the aesthetic world of the devadasi.

That interaction being in Telugu, the rest of the episode continues with Yashoda reflecting on her own experiences with the devadasis, what it taught her about herself and more importantly about how these women understood and viewed their world and the world outside.

Voices : Dr. Yashoda ThakoreSampreeti Malladi
Guest : Sri Yendamuri Subba Rao

Episode 4: Imperial influences

In this episode, Host Yashoda looks back at the how Imperial influences of the Islamic dynasties and colonisers found their way into the aesthetic representations of the Devadasis. It looks at the javali as an outcome of the zamindari patronage, a system that was established during the British rule. Yashoda’s interaction with Rumya Putcha navigates the contested terrain of the history of Kuchipudi and how devadasi art may have had a role in the construction of other performance traditions.

VOICES: Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Sampreeti Malladi
GUEST: Dr. Rumya Putcha

Episode 5: Nationalist period

As “Her story of dance’ moves to the 19th century, Yashoda discusses how devadasis and their aesthetic representations were central to the National debate during India’s struggle for Independence. We see how people, reform movements, acts, Christian missionaries and marriage all come play around what became the identity of the devadasi. In her conversations with her Guru we see how the hereditary community viewed themselves and the ‘others’ who came to represent them. Prof. Suneeta Rani and Vidya Natarajan take us through interesting figures like Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy, Rukmini Devi Arundale and others who participated in this debate and the role they had to play in making the dance and dancing not of the devadasi

Voices : Dr. Yashoda, Sampreeti Malladi
Guest: Annabattula Mangatayaru, Prof. Suneeta Rani, Sri Vidya Natarajan.

Episode 6: Why Devadasi?

As this series draws to a close, Yashoda looks at why the story of the devadasi is relevant even today. Prof. Sarkar takes us through the emergence of different Classical dances in India and how the undercurrents of devadasi tradition run through them.

Yashoda reflects on her own attitude to 'her story' and what she sees as the way forward

Voices: Dr. Yashoda, Sampreeti Malladi
Guest: Dr. Rumya Putcha and Prof. Urmimala Sarkar

 

 

 

DAAD Webinar: Higher Studies & Research in Germany

Register here: 

https://daad.reflact.com/gzhyd31mar/event/registration.html

Germany is renowned for the excellent quality of education it provides. Germany’s higher education institutions enjoy an excellent reputation.

Every year, thousands of international students and scholars choose to study in Germany. Join this webinar to learn more about the prerequisites and application procedures for a Masters degree in Germany. All you need to participate is a good internet connection and ideally a computer/laptop with speaker and microphone. We look forward to your participation.

 

HLF ONLINE: The Secret of the Grand Hotel Du Lac

THE SECRET OF THE GRAND HÔTEL DU LAC

Author KATHRYN GAUCI in conversation with Amita Desai

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Kathryn Gauci, comes an unforgettable story of love, hope and betrayal, and of the power of human endurance during history's darkest days. Inspired by true events, The Secret of the Grand Hôtel du Lac is a gripping and emotional portrait of wartime France. 

Live at: youtube.com/c/hlf-india

 

The Other Witch: A Panel Discussion based on the film

Join us, as an esteemed set of international panelists from the world of contemporary dance discuss the film "The Other Witch". The session will entail components of performance videos from the film intertwined with discussions with the Director and Photography Editor of the film too.

Register here

A brief about the panelists:

Susan Manning is an internationally recognized historian of modern dance whose writings have been translated in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Polish. She is the author of Ecstasy and the Demon: the Dances of Mary Wigman (1993, 2nd ed 2006), Modern Dance, Negro Dance: Race in Motion(2004), and Danses noirese/blance Amèrique (2008) and coeditor of New German Dance Studies (2012),Futures of Dance Studies (2020), and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernist Dance (forthcoming). She is Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University. 
 
Enki Andrews: Enki is a Chicago based Multimedia Interactive artist experimenting with physical phenomena to discover how humanity views itself in light of our finite human perceptions and how expanding those reflections enhances our self awareness. An interdisciplinarian since college he studied Physics and Philosophy at Boston University while pursuing his art. Initially inspired by “technology”artists such as Eadweard Muybridge, Alfred Stieglitz, Chuck Close, and United Visual Artists; Enki began working as a photographer in 2000 then in 2010 started exploring video, time based photographic progressions and interactive media arts. His art pieces have been exhibited at New York Figment, Nuit Blanche New York (NBNY) and showcased in collaborative interactive works with Chris Jordan for the Flint Public Art Project (FPAP) and at Monitor Digital Festival. His photography has appeared in the Huffington Post and the Washington City Paper. His art can be viewed at Syncord.com
 
Nejla Yatkin: Described by The New York Times as "a magician, telling tales and creating worlds" and "a fierce and supple performer," Chicago-based choreographer Nejla Yatkin travels around the globe inspiring empathic connection between people and their environments. She creates solos, choreographs ensemble dances for stages and sites, collaborates on plays and film/video projects, and educates young artists. She is the recipient of multiple grants and awards from the Princess Grace Foundation, the Jay Pritzker Foundation, the Turkish Cultural Foundation, the National Performance Network, 3Arts, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum, the Illinois Arts Council, and the City of Chicago, among others.

Nejla hails from Germany and weaves multiple cultural influences into choreographic tapestries of her own design. She explores multifaceted identities in solo creations including What Dreams May Come (2015), an evening-length multimedia piece that explores the spaces between felt and perceived selves with video and original music; it has toured in Latin America, India, Africa, and Russia with support from the Baryshnikov Arts Center and the Princess Grace Foundation. Nejla's new solo project, The Other Witch—a multi-lingual solo performance in response to Wigman’s Hexentanz —exploring Otherness from the perspective of the Other —is supported by the Chicago Dancemakers Lab Award, the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), and the Chicago Cultural Center.  More information please, visit ny2dance.com

Sampreeti Malladi is an architect and a dancer by profession. Presently she successfully  balances her research interests working  towards  a PhD in dance  and a career in architecture. She is a Gold Medalist  in  Masters of Dance  from the University of Hyderabad, and a Fulbrighter  from  U. C  Berkeley. She was awarded the Senior Research Fellowship awarded by the HRD ministry, India for pursuing her doctoral research,  and is a recipient of the JRF awarded by the Ministry of Culture for her research work on  ‘Desi dance traditions and the Iconography of the Yogini Cult’.

She has presented papers at various  International conferences and  has participated in several national festivals both as a solo performer and in ballets with her guru.

 

The Other Witch: A Dance Film by Nejla Yatkin

The Other Witch” is a shadowy figure, always and foremost enigmatic and unpredictable, perhaps even dangerous. Who knows? Will she bite? Mask designer Anna Wooden’s black sequined mask is a full-skull helmet that conceals the witch’s human face in parts one and two and suggests a spider-like creature, while it is a distinctly human hand that emerges from the voluminous folds of fabric. Arms and hands unfold like independent animals, fingers groping, arms seeking prey almost plant-like entwining the space in the darkness. An eerie humming voice and percussion effects complement the undulation of isolated shoulders and torso, abstractions of spine. Is she laying eggs? Casting a spell? Seeking her prey? What is the mask and what does it conceal?”The Other Witch” is a shadowy figure, always and foremost enigmatic and unpredictable, perhaps even dangerous. Who knows? Will she bite? Mask designer Anna Wooden’s black sequined mask is a full-skull helmet that conceals the witch’s human face in parts one and two and suggests a spider-like creature, while it is a distinctly human hand that emerges from the voluminous folds of fabric. Arms and hands unfold like independent animals, fingers groping, arms seeking prey almost plant-like entwining the space in the darkness. An eerie humming voice and percussion effects complement the undulation of isolated shoulders and torso, abstractions of spine. Is she laying eggs? Casting a spell? Seeking her prey? What is the mask and what does it conceal?”

Credits:

Director/Choreographer: Nejla Yatkin

Director of Photography/Editor: Enki Andrews

Composer: Robert Novak

Director's Note:

"Dance is such an elusive and intangible art form. The minute the dance is performed it dies. As the late Merce Cunningham said: “You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.” And that "fleeting moment" that makes people feel alive is what interests me, that "fleeting moment" is what I want to capture and bring alive in this documentary through the stories and moving bodies of people around the world."

Catch the preview here: https://seechicagodance.com/review/other-witch-explores-socio-political-and-personal-parallels-between-two-modern-dance-phenoms 

Stay tuned to our spaces for the link to the film on 25 March 2021 | 19:00 hrs IST !!

 

The Kohinoor Kitchen Cook-Along

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I Am here to Wonder Conversation Addas / Baithaks
Hyderabadi Baataan Mulakhaataan!

The oft quoted line by Goethe: “I am here to wonder” (Goethe 1964: 272) expresses one of his profound intuitions about the relation of human beings to the earth. This sense of wonder in the face of our earths majesty is one of the oldest cognitions in the human toolkit. It is available to all of us even though it is often overcome by the realities and demands of our daily lives. The “I am Here to Wonder” baithaks keep the wonder front and center. They are about the moments when we step out of our ordinary consciousness and tap into something greater. They are planned to recognize how over the ages this connection with the natural world around us has led us to consciously and unconsciously, intertwine it into different aspects of our culture in interesting, affectionate and respectful ways.

Each of these Baithaks/Addas to serve as triggers to remind us of all this. Particularly, by recognizing, enjoying and celebrating how our region’s unique natural heritage, the rocks, are linked to it’s culture. Each baithak will focus on a different aspect. There will be experts in the particular topic at hand, to lead the way for a participatory, engaging experience for all – for themselves, the audiences and the hosts -

The Baithaks / Addas: The Kohinoor Kitchen Cook-Along

A session where we discuss how the cuisine of our area draws from local landscape. Specific focus on Pathar ka Gosht and the beloved Imli. It will include a cook along of a beloved Hyderabadi recipe. Moderator will speak about the skill of the Sil batta (stone grinder) (a bit about the Waddars who make them) and there will be a demo of making the chutney of raw tamarind, garlic and red chilli pounded together on the Sil batta. Digital cookbook of beloved Hyderabadi recipes to follow as crowdfunding incentive. This will have about 10 favourite Hyderabadi and Telangana recipes.
 

 

Cooking up a Storm - her soujourn

This exhibition will be virtually on view: 16 March 2021 - 3 April 2021

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VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITION

Curated by Koeli Mukherjee Ghose

Documentation Anand Ghose & Parameshwar Raju

The exhibition Cooking up a storm - her sojourn will be showcasing works of fourteen women artists living and working from Hyderabad. While many of us working ladies cooked and cooked during the COVID pandemic with pleasure or pain, it was indeed necessary to take the creative car back on the road and bring out all that was cooked with lines, paints, surface and thoughts in the studios of Aiman Arastu, Farzona Khanoon, Jaya Baheti, Koeli Mukherjee Ghose, Padma Reddy B., Palakshi Das, Piu Mahapatra, Pratibha TS, Sabita Lakshmanan, Sahithi Kalyanam, Saraswati Lingampally, Sravanthi Juluri, Sriparna Dutta & Sweta Chandra.

Come explore the dimensional aspects of these artworks that celebrate WOMEN!

 

 

Why Loiter: Women and the City

Women & the City: Why loitering should matter even to those who are not feminists

When the presence of women in public is viewed only in terms of violence and danger, it prevents us from considering the city as a space for pleasure and actually reduces women's access to it. In the book, 'Why Loiter? Women & Risk on Mumbai Streets', authors Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade argue that “we need to redefine our understanding of violence in relation to public space – to see not sexual assault, but the denial of access to public space as the worst possible outcome for women”.

In a conversation with senior journalist Kalpana Sharma, the authors discuss ten years of the book and its core ideas of the right to risk and loiter. 

A word about the panelists:

Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade are the authors of the critically acclaimed book, ‘Why Loiter: Women & Risk on Mumbai Streets’ (Penguin-Random House) which examines women’s access to public space. 

Shilpa Phadke is a Professor at the School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She is co-director of the documentary, Under the Open Sky (2017). She has published widely both academically and in popular media.  Her areas of interest include cities and public spaces, middle-class sexuality, practices of consumption, feminist pedagogy, feminist mothering, young women's relationship with feminism, online public spaces. 

Sameera Khan is a Mumbai-based independent journalist, researcher and writer. A journalist for three decades and a former Assistant Editor with The Times of India, she has taught a masters-level journalism course at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Till recently, she wrote a column, ‘Streetwise’, on women and the city in The Hindu (Metro Plus) newspaper. For the last decade, she has also been a media trainer, guiding journalists on how to cover violence against women, particularly rape. 

Shilpa Ranade is a practicing architect and researcher. She is founding partner of the award-winning design firm DCOOP where her portfolio includes master-planning, housing, institutional, interior design and product design projects. She has also been associate editor of the South Asia volume of the book “World Architecture 1900-2000: A Critical Mosaic” (Springer Vienna, 2000). Shilpa is a visiting faculty at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture, Mumbai.

Kalpana Sharma is an independent journalist, columnist and author based in Mumbai. In almost five decades as a journalist specializing in developmental, environmental and gender issues, she has worked with Himmat WeeklyIndian Express, Times of India and The Hindu. She was Consulting Editor with Economic & Political Weekly and Readers' Editor with Scroll.in. Her column on gender, "The Other Half" ran for 30 years first in Indian Express and then The Hindu. Currently, she writes a media column in Newslaundry.com.

Her latest book is "The Silence and the Storm: Narratives of violence against women in India" (2019). She is also the author of “Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia’s Largest Slum” (2000). In addition, she has edited "Single by Choice, Happily Unmarried Women" (2019.

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Short Film Launch: Bringing Down the Wall

During the winter of 2020, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in partnership with Red Balloon and Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany invited students from India and Germany to come together to participate in a unique global collaborative program for young people titled ‘Bringing Down the Wall’.

The workshop aimed to cement the importance and value of collective identity with the younger generation and provide them with an opportunity to come together and express their vision for a better united world for all. Through an exciting and highly creative 2 week workshop, by senior design mentor Prateek Sethi, the participants were taken on a journey of self and social awareness. This culminated into a Short Film (Audio-Visual Montage). The film will be launched on 27 Feb 2021, in the presence of the Mentor along with children and all the stake holders of the project.

Do join us to unreel the magic of the little hands....

 

INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21st February. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity all across the world. Do you know the total number of languages in the world? 

German is the native tongue of more than 100 million people in the European Union, that is to say around 20 percent of the EU’s population. Of course, German also has a number of idiosyncracies.

The most prominent must be the language’s compound nouns: with no fewer than 80 letters, the word “Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft”

even made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the longest published word in the German language. Languages are the most powerful way to preserve and develop culture and to promote it all across the world.

Come join us and take part in a fun quiz, (link to be published shortly on our social media and mail platforms) and see how much you know about Languages.

 

Geet Gaya Patharon Ne - Baithak

I Am here to Wonder Conversation Addas / Baithaks

Hyderabadi Baataan Mulakhaataan!

 

Based on the film "Other Kohinoors", The Rocks of Hyderabad

by Uma Magal and Mahnoor Yar Khan

www.otherkohinoors.com

The oft quoted line by Goethe: “I am here to wonder” (Goethe 1964: 272) expresses one of his profound intuitions about the relation of human beings to the earth. This sense of wonder in the face of our earths majesty is one of the oldest cognitions in the human toolkit. It is available to all of us even though it is often overcome by the realities and demands of our daily lives.

The “I am Here to Wonder” baithaks keep the wonder front and center. They are about the moments when we step out of our ordinary consciousness and tap into something greater. They are planned to recognize how over the ages this connection with the natural world around us has led us to consciously and unconsciously, intertwine it into different aspects of our culture in interesting, affectionate and respectful ways. We are planning each of these Baithaks/Addas to serve as triggers to remind us of all this. Particularly, by recognizing, enjoying and celebrating how our region’s unique natural heritage, the rocks, are linked to it’s culture. Each baithak will focus on a different aspect. There will be experts in the particular topic at hand, to lead the way for a participatory, engaging experience for all – for themselves, the audiences and the hosts.

GEET GAYA PATHARON NE

First Baithak of the "I am here to Wonder" conversations!

A session showcasing rocks in Telugu, English and Hindi songs in which the lyrics feature words like pathar / sang / rock / stone / raalalu / banda. Featured singers will lead the baithak and audience participants will join. The host will introduce the idea and comment along the way on the interesting linkages, gather audience responses, requests and questions and include them in the session.

Block your date for the first of the Baithak's and be mersmerized!!

Featuring Artists: 

          Dr. Mahesh Joshi
          Harini Rao
          Keith D'Rozario
          Lady Skavya
          Rohit PVNS 
          Sriram Mudambi & 
          YOU ! 

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Documentary Screening Online: Jai Bhim Comrade

Docu-forum Online

Jai Bhim Comrade

A Film by Anand Patwardhan

Duration: 182 minutes, 2012, Marathi, Hindi with English Subtitles

For thousands of years India’s Dalits were abhorred as “untouchables,” denied education and treated as bonded labour. By 1923 Bhimrao Ambedkar broke the taboo, won doctorates abroad and fought for the emancipation of his people. He drafted India’s Constitution, led his followers to discard Hinduism for Buddhism. His legend still spreads through poetry and song. In 1997 a statue of Dr. Ambedkar in a Dalit colony in Mumbai was desecrated with footwear. As angry residents gathered, police opened fire killing 10. Vilas Ghogre, a leftist poet, hung himself in protest. Jai Bhim Comrade shot over 14 years, follows the poetry and music of people like Vilas and marks a subaltern tradition of reason that, from the days of the Buddha, has fought superstition and religious bigotry.

AWARDS:

Best Film Films South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal

Best Film Mumbai International Film Festival

Best Documentary Hong Kong International Film Festival

Bartok Prize Jean Rouch International Film Festival, Paris, France

Special Jury Award National Awards, India

Golden Camel Jaipur International Film Festival

Anand Patwardhan has been making political documentaries for over four decades pursuing diverse and controversial issues that are at the crux of social and political life in India. Many of his films were at one time or another banned by state television channels in India and became the subject of litigation by Anand who successfully challenged the censorship rulings in court.

Anand received a B.A. in English Literature from Bombay University in 1970, won a scholarship to get another B.A. in Sociology from Brandeis University in 1972 and earned a Master’s degree in Communications from McGill University in 1982.

Anand has been an activist ever since he was a student — having participated in the anti-Vietnam War movement; being a volunteer in Caesar Chavez’s United Farm Worker’s Union; working in Kishore Bharati, a rural development and education project in central India; and participating in the Bihar anti-corruption movement in 1974-75 and in the civil liberties and democratic rights movement during and after the 1975-77 Emergency. Since then he has been active in movements for housing rights of the urban poor, for communal harmony and participated in movements against unjust, unsustainable development, miltarism and nuclear nationalism.

You can watch the film by the live link 

https://vimeo.com/84325961

After the first screening on 17. February 2020 from 5.00 pm IST, from 8:15 pm IST, you can join the film maker for a live discussion on Facebook.

Kindly click https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/  to participate in the open discussion.

You can ask questions by writing in the 'comment' section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the discussion are the personal views of the concerned person and are not the responsibility / views of our Institute.

 

https://vimeo.com/84325961

 

 

 

 

Exhibitions at HLF 2021

Exhibitions - HLF 2021

1 Platform | 4 Schools of Art | 7 Curators | 7 Exhibitions | 230 Artists | 615+ Artworks

This year for the exhibitions at HLF, we brought in four different Art Schools to present their work via an ONLINE Exhibition Platform from 22 January 2021 - 11 Feb 2021. Please find the list of exhibitons here.

Allegories and Voices: Contemporary Drawing as Thought | Shantiniketan School of Art 

A Drawing Show - coordinated and curated by Tanmay Santra

Click here to visit the exhibition

Continuous Stream of Kalabhavan Santiniketan | Kalabhavan School of Art (an art school founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan) | Coordinated and curated by Koeli Mukherjee Ghose, Anand Ghose and Poosapati Parameshwar Raju

Click: Link1, Link 2 and Link 3 to visit the exhibitions

Notes, Documents & Processes – impressions from a school | Baroda School of Art

Coordinated and curated by Shruti Mahajan and Abeer Gupta

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The Pedagogical Clutch: Group Exhibition by the SN School Artists | Hyderabad SN School of Art

Coordinated and curated by Atiya Amjad

Click: Link1 and Link 2 to visit the exhibitions

 
 

Hyderabad Literary Festival 2021

The 11th Edition of the Hyderabad Literary Festival is happening from 22 - 24 January and is a fully VIRTUAL edition.

“Hyderabad Literary Festival” is a prestigious, international event organized every year in the month of January. Started in 2010 by Mr GSP Rao and Prof T Vijay Kumar as an initiative of their online literary e-journal Muse India, the festival now has four directors: Mr Ajay Gandhi, Ms Amita Desai, Dr Kinnera Murthy, and Prof T Vijay Kumar. The festival has emerged as an unmissable event in the cultural calendar of the country, and it represents the cultural and artistic ethos of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, as well as the vibrant culture of modern Cyberabad.

Workshops for all age groups, storytelling sessions, lecture-demonstrations, art exhibitions, film screenings, stage talks, cultural performances … the list of events lined up for you goes on. Be there and enjoy every minute of it.

Subscribe to our Youtube Channel where the festival will come alive this year:

youtube.com/c/hlf-india

 

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING ONLINE

ART COMES FROM THE BEAK THE WAY IT HAS GROWN

by Sabine Herpich

Duration: 106 minutes, 2020, German with English Subtitles

At the Mosaik art studio in Berlin, artists with disabilities are absorbed in their work. Sabine Herpich observes the artists in the course of creation and directs her gaze at the institution itself: its processes, staff and spaces. The film succeeds in maintaining its focus on the art itself rather than the handicaps of its creators. It is around these works that the institution takes form, thus coming into view first and foremost as an institution for art, not one for people with disabilities. The idea of art becomes holistic, encompassing the people who make it as well as the places where it is created; it means looking at the works, and talking about them, but also art as work, complete with working hours and wage.

This programme is by registration only. Kindly click the given link https://forms.gle/YpY9ng6UxJqVC6Ns9

to register yourself for the programme.

You can watch the film by the live link which will be sent to you on 13. January 2021 at 6:30 pm. After the screening on 13. January 2021 from 6.30 pm IST, from 8:00 pm IST, you can join the film maker for a live discussion on Facebook.

 

Documentary Screening: A Walnut Tree

A WALNUT TREE

A film by Ammar Aziz

Duration: 81 minutes, 2015, Urdu, Pashto with English Subtitles

Synopsis: An elderly man living in the Jalozai refugee camp feels desperately nostalgic and longs to go home. A grandfather, poet and former teacher, he finds himself internally displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict between the Pakistani Army and the Taliban. Life inside the camp is no life at all—it's a place where people cease to be human beings and become stories instead. This man tells his story over and over again to stay intact and pierce his numbing loss. He "left himself behind" and so is torn between the past, the insecure present and the bleak future. As he struggles to decide whether to leave his family and risk returning to his distant homeland, he must confront the prospect that home may no longer exist in physical space and may now be only a place of make-believe, a mirage in his mind. 

 

Ammar Aziz

Ammar Aziz is a FIPRESCI winning and IDFA nominated documentary filmmaker based in Lahore, Pakistan. He has travelled to film festivals in over 70 countries including regions such as Iraq and Turkish Kurdistan and media outlets such as Deutsche Welle, Christian Science Monitor and The Hindu have written about his work. His feature documentary film A Walnut Tree had its world premiere and was in competition for first appearance at the world’s largest documentary festival, IDFA, in 2015. The film later had its North American premiere at Hot Docs, Canada in 2016 and won awards for best film from Moscow Intl. Doc Fest, Film Southasia Nepal, Sole Luna Doc Fest, Italy among others. More recently, the film won the award ‘Prix Monde en Regards’ from the prestigious 35th Jean Rouch International Film Festival in Paris, France. Ammar’s second feature length documentary, Discount Workers - a German-Pakistani co-production - had its world premiere at One World Film Festival, Prague in 2020. He is also the co-founder of SAMAAJ, a non-profit organization, using arts for creating rights awareness.

You can watch the film here by the live link which will be available to on 16. December 2020 at 6:30 pm

After the first screening on 16. December 2020 from 6.30 pm IST, from 8:00 pm IST, you can join the film maker for a live discussion on Facebook.

Kindly click https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/  to participate in the open discussion.

You can ask questions by writing in the 'comment' section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

 

 

 

Science Film Festival

The Science Film Festival is a celebration of science communication in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. It presents scientific issues accessibly and entertainingly to a broad audience and demonstrates that science can be fun. The event has grown considerably since its first edition in 2005, becoming the largest event of its kind worldwide.

The Science Film Festival presents a wide assortment of films in the following five categories to serve all age groups, but with a focus on content for young audiences:

  • Family Edutainment
  • Ecology & Environment
  • Natural Science, Life Science & Technology
  • Non-Verbal & Science Shorts
  • Culture & History

This program is brought to us by Goethe-Institut.

*Entry for school children by invitation only*

 

Indian Photo Festival 2020

The Indian Photo Festival (IPF) - Hyderabad, a Not-For-Profit initiative of Light Craft Foundation is India's longest running international photography festival showcasing a wide range of photography from India and around the globe with a series of events including: talks and discussions, portfolio reviews, screenings & workshops. The IPF creates a platform for the professional and aspiring photographers, the photography lovers and the public where the festival promotes the art of photography and at the same time addresses the social issues through the medium of photography.

Due to the ongoing pandemic Covid-19, the Indian Photo Festival will be presented from 12th November to 13th December, in an altered, yet adapted format - largely ONLINE - with all the Interactive Sessions via Virtual Platforms. The PRINT Exhibitions will be installed along the lush green, outer walking trail of the picturesque KBR Park located in the heart of the city of Hyderabad. Digital Exhibitions will be showcased at The State Gallery of Art, Madhapur and some fascinating Virtual 3D Exhibitions will be presented online.

The event is free and open to the public. Find more about the programs at IPF 2020 here

Image -Covid Latam/ Tamara Merino

 

 

The Flow of Lines: Photo Exhibition

Photo Exhibition

THE FLOW OF LINES

19th November - 12th December 2020

Hamburg Hall, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

Presented for the Indian Photo Festival 2020 -

"The street is open for anyone to see. With my camera, I capture my own perspective of the situation. Street Photography gives me a great freedom to express my point of view and to me, this is an art. There is no restriction to street photography. For instance, unlike landscape photography, it is not necessary to travel to a particular destination or place so as to capture the scene. Street Photography moments happen everywhere as soon as we step out of our house.

"The intention of my street photography style is not to document a particular place or to show the exact object. I am more interested in conveying my personal vision of the world and my take on it. And my higher purpose is simply to touch people with my art – to open the door to their imagination, to their feelings and memories."

-Siegfried Hansen

About the artist: Siegfried Hansen

Siegfried Hansen is from Hamburg, Germany. His distinctive style has earned him recognition both nationally and internationally. He is one of the photographers featured in the book “Street Photography Now”. Siegfried’s work has been widely exhibited, including solo exhibitions in Germany and group exhibitions in Europe and the United States.

Siegfried has been a speaker and a juror at many photo festivals around the world. In 2015 The German Kettler Verlag published his very successful book: “Hold The Line” and he then served as a Mentor at the „Master of Photography“ TV Show on Sky Arte in 2017. He published his book “The flow of lines” in 2020.

This exhibition will be on view at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad; our first exhibition in the physical spaces since the outbreak of the pandemic. Hence all visits would be scheduled by appointment only*. Once at the premises, visitors are requested to comply to all safety guidelines of COVID-19: temperature check, sanitization regulations, safe distancing, a mask etc.

*For appointments:

e-mail: jyothi.bezawada@goethe-hyderabad.org

Phone / Whatsapp: + 91 7032911980

 

Pinjra Tod Kar

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in collaboration with Suno India and Bol Hyderabad is proud to present to you the first of their podcast series ‘Pinjra Tod Kar’. This podcast will bring to you powerful and poignant stories told by the women whose lives were impacted by Shaheen.

From the bylanes of the Old City of Hyderabad to international platforms, Jameela Nishat’s Shaheen, an organisation that works with vulnerable women has broken multiple barriers. Through its work in rescue and rehabilitation of vulnerable women and helping those who have been victims of violence to get back on their feet, Shaheen has started important conversations towards structural and social change.

Episode 1: Pillar of Strength – Jameela’s story

In the first episode of Pinjra Tod Kar, you will hear from Jameela Nishat, founder of Shaheen, who tells us about her foray in women’s rights and where she sees the organisation and its work heading towards.

Episode 2: Education – A way out

According to UNICEF, 27% of girls in India are married before their 18th birthday and 53% of girls in the age group of 5 to 9 years are illiterate. More than 50 per cent of girls fail to enrol in school; those that do are likely to drop out by the age of 12.

In this episode we talk about how educating a girl child is one of the most important things to break the cycle of abuse and empower them to become independent.

The host Padma Priya sat down with Neha and Afreen who work at Shaheen and they told her about their attempts to be educated to secure their future. You will also hear from noted child rights activists Dr Shantha Sinha, Founder secretary of MV Foundation and Padmashri awardee.

Episode 3: Child Sexual Abuse – A Silent Crime

According to the latest data by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), over 32,000 cases of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) were reported in 2017 while almost 40,000 cases were reported in 2018 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).

In this episode of our podcast Pinjra Tod Kar, we talk about how Child Sexual Abuse is prevalent in society and how we need to fight. Suno India team sat down with 20-year-old Pooja, who works at Shaheen and is a survivor of Child Sexual Abuse. You will also hear from child rights activists Padmashri awardee Shantha Sinha, Founder secretary of MV Foundation and Ramesh Kidambi, and Chhavi Dawar from Break the Silence, a not-for-profit that works in raising awareness on child sexual abuse. Ramesh and Chavvi also conduct workshops on how to inform children and create awareness on child sexual abuse.

Episode 4: Domestic Violence: India’s hidden pandemic

In this episode, we discuss one of the toughest challenges facing women and their right to dignity and life- violence against women and specifically domestic violence. This episode features Sultana who is a survivor of domestic violence, Vasudha Nagaraj, a women’s rights lawyer and feminist poetry by Jameela Nishat, founder of Shaheen Women’s Welfare and Resource Association.
 
Episode 5: Marriage most foul – The story of Hyderabad’s contract marriages
 
In this episode, Tasleem Begum tells us her story of being married as a 14-year-old to a 62-year-old man and how she broke free from the clutches of the lucrative “Sheikh marriage business”. Also featuring, Jameela Nishat, founder, Shaheen Women’s Welfare and Resource Association who through her poetry, conveys the deep distress caused to the young women because of these “marriages”.

Episode 6: Pinjra toh todna hi hai

This podcast is conceived and produced by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad with the support of Suno India and Bol-Hyderabad as a podcast with powerful and poignant stories told by the women whose lives were impacted by Shaheen.

This episode, however, is a bit different. We bring to you, a panel with our editor Padma Priya, Shaheen founder Jameela Nishat, Usha Raman, who’s the journalism professor in the University of Hyderabad, Goethe Zentrum’s director Amita Desai and program coordinator Jyothi Bezawada.

They speak about using art, poetry and audio for socio-cultural issues, including community radio and podcasts. Through this series, we’ve heard tales of horrors and survival, from the victims themselves, who are rebuilding their lives with author-activist Jameela Nishat’s NGO Shaheen.

Shaheen, which has worked to rescue and rehabilitate vulnerable women like victims of domestic abuse and violence, early marriage, sexual abuse, gender bias, etc and helped them get back on their feet. They’ve started important conversations towards structural and social change.

 

DAS QUIZ

 

A shout out to all those fans of Germany!

Here are the winning 30 members who will receive attractive PRIZES!!

Winners 21 to 30 will enjoy a 10% discount on course fees
Winners 11 to 20 will enjoy a  20% discount on course fees
Winners 1 to 10 will enjoy a  30% discount on course fees
What more, The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Chennai has some surprises for the top 10 winners!

Hurry up, claim your prize and be a part of the Global German speaking family and grab this BONANZA!!
 
 

"DAS QUIZ" - Terms and Conditions
- This Quiz is organised by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad situated at 20, Journalist Colony, Road no. 3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034.
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- By entering the Quiz each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.

To enter the Quiz you must:
- complete the 30 questions; and
- provide your name and email address during the registration.

On submission of your completed entry:
- you consent to your email address being added to our database which we will use to communicate to you, should you be listed amongst the winners.
- Entry into the Quiz is free.
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- The discount on language courses conducted by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and can be availed for the courses till March, 2021. 
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Pure Sequence: the process of growing old, gracefully or otherwise

Readings by Paro Anand

"I have had the privilege of being always surrounded by wonderful women whose infinite grace is balanced by their wicked sense of humour and irreverence. Pure Sequence is my homage to those women and power of friendship, especially in advancing years. This is a story about older women but it is not only for older women. It is for anyone who wants to live life to the fullest."

- Paro Anand

Join us here:

https://tinyurl.com/readingsParoAnand

Paro Anand

Paro Anand writes for children, young adults and adults. She won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puruskar in 2017 for her anthology Wild Child (now published as "Like Smoke). She has spoken about and written extensively on children's literature in India. She headed the National Centre for Children's Literature, The National Book Trust, India, the apex body for children's literature in India. She also runs a podcast on HubHopper called Literature in Action, and was an invitee to the India Conference at the Harvard Business School in 2018. She was awarded the Kalinga Karubaki Award for fearless writing, 2019.

She is well-known for her work with children in difficult circumstances including those impacted by violence in Kashmir and has written extensively on the subject.

 

 

Readings: Just a good story or a Call to Action too?

Readings by Paro Anand

Join us here: https://tinyurl.com/readingParoAnand

 

Paro Anand

Paro Anand writes for children, young adults and adults. She won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puruskar in 2017 for her anthology Wild Child (now published as "Like Smoke). She has spoken about and written extensively on children's literature in India. She headed the National Centre for Children's Literature, The National Book Trust, India, the apex body for children's literature in India. She also runs a podcast on HubHopper called Literature in Action, and was an invitee to the India Conference at the Harvard Business School in 2018. She was awarded the Kalinga Karubaki Award for fearless writing, 2019.

She is well-known for her work with children in difficult circumstances including those impacted by violence in Kashmir and has written extensively on the subject.

 

 

 

Artist Talk - Change your perception

Siegfried Hansen in conversation with Vineet Vohra

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/talkbySiegfried

"The intention of my street photography style is not to document a particular place or to show the exact object. I am more interested in conveying my personal vision of the world and my take on it. And my higher purpose is simply to touch people with my art – to open the door to their imagination, to their feelings and memories."

Siegfried Hansen

German Street Photographer

Tune in to this free Talk and listen to the experts in conversation!

 

A Quiet Girl, A Noisy Story and a Very Naughty Dragon

Dramatic Storytelling by PARO ANAND

Children's Day Special!!!

This session will be presented for Age group: 6-12 yrs children. Parents, teachers, and the young at heart are welcome!!

The session is jointly being presented by The Hyderabad Literary Festival.

Link to the session: youtube.com/c/hlf-india

Paro Anand writes for children, young adults and adults. She won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puruskar in 2017 for her anthology Wild Child (now published as "Like Smoke). She has spoken about and written extensively on children's literature in India. She headed the National Centre for Children's Literature, The National Book Trust, India, the apex body for children's literature in India. She also runs a podcast on HubHopper called Literature in Action, and was an invitee to the India Conference at the Harvard Business School in 2018. She was awarded the Kalinga Karubaki Award for fearless writing, 2019.

She is well-known for her work with children in difficult circumstances including those impacted by violence in Kashmir and has written extensively on the subject.

 
 

Three for 30 - Photography Exhibition

unity, harmony and non-violence

The German Unity Day (German: Tag der Deutschen Einheit) is the National Day of Germany, celebrated on 3 October as a public holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of German reunification in 1990 when the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) were unified, so that for the first time since 1945 there existed a single German state. As Germany prepares to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the German National Day of Unity, this holiday has assumed even greater importance.

Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and it is one of the three national holidays of India and is also celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence.

Tune into our digital spaces as we bring to you a digital photography exhibition which will showcase photographs that represent UNITY or NON-VIOLENCE or HARMONY. The exhibition will be open for DIGITAL viewing from

Saturday 17th October -  Saturday 7th November

through a link which will be shared here and on all our social media platforms. 

The photos will be a collection of works from various estabilished artists showcasing their work to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the German National Day of Unity.

LINK TO THE EXHIBITION: https://tinyurl.com/y36rejx3

 

Kunstforum: The Twain - Photography and Social Media

A PANEL DISCUSSION

Register in advance for this meeting: www.tinyurl.com/kunstforumipf or catch us live on Facebook or Youtube

With the explosive use of social media, people from all walks of life have been discussing its impacts; fake news, isolation from real human interaction, and many more. There is however a frequently overlooked problematic area: The impact of social media on photography.

As channels for clicking and sharing have grown exponentially; for the true, artistic or journalistic photographer, this trend is sometimes disturbing. The ability to identify a photogenic moment and then use technology, training, and experience to capture it for perpetuity has been lost among endless millions of spontaneous thumb-tapped images.

Join us for a panel discussion with the experts as they discuss The Twain: Photography and Social Media and raise the curtain to the upcoming Photography Event which is the largest in South Asia: The Indian Photo Festival.

Panel: Aquin Mathews, Joyoti Roy, Kishor Krishnamoorthi

Moderator: Nishat Fatima

A word about the Panelists:

Aquin Mathews - Aquin Mathews is the founder and director of Indian Photo Festival (IPF), India’s longest running international photography festival and one of the leading photography event in South Asia. Aquin has been a judge for several photography competitions and speaker at various art & literary festivals. He is also the director of Hyderabad Centre for Photography.

Joyoti Roy - Joyoti Roy heads Strategy and Marketing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai. She is interested in the social and civic role of cultural organizations and believes that arts institutions have the key responsibility to shape and reflect people's futures. She has been working in the field of museums, conservation and culture for over seventeen years. Up until 2017 she was heading the Outreach Department at the National Museum, Ministry of Culture, Government of India and has worked for both government and non-government institutions in India. Joyoti has been a Charles Wallace India Trust Awardee for the year 2008 for a fellowship programme in conservation of contemporary art at the Tate Gallery, London. She was the Clore Leadership Fellow for Culture representing India to the UK in 2017–18 and worked with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London for their upcoming museum and collection research facility in East London. She has coordinated several national and international exhibitions on art. Joyoti is also one of the founding members of Achi Association India, a not for profit initiative that works for the conservation of Himalayan Heritage. She is a trained art conservator with a specialization in conservation of mural paintings. She has worked on various sites and projects of the Association and facilitated several collaborations of the association with governmental and non-governmental organizations. She is a trained classical singer and a theatre person, a Trustee of the Studio Safdar Trust, Delhi and Tram Arts Trust, Mumbai. She has worked with the Street Theatre group Jana Natya Manch for several years before she moved to Mumbai.

Kishor Krishnamoorthi: 

Kishor Krishnamoorthi, is a contemporary wedding and documentary photographer based in Hyderabad, India. He also publishes Concorde Zine, a printed publication showcasing visual stories about life in India. He is the founder of Kiki Store, where they make handcrafted Ikat camera straps for photographers.

His love for photography started during his school days at the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet and has grown to become his primary profession today. Having covered more than 175 weddings in cities all over the globe, he captures images at a wedding that become a part of the family heirloom for generations to come.

In his free time, he travels to countries that inspire him and works extensively on his personal documentary photography work. He spends time working on Concorde Zine, a photography magazine that he has been running for four years and is the only Indian publication to be nominated for the Stack Magazine Awards.

His work has been featured in the Economic Times and been exhibited nationally and internationally. He has had vibrant roles ranging from being the President of the Students’ Union at the University of Essex to being an Oil Trader in the Financial District of London. He was born in India, grew up in Indonesia, studied in India, did his undergrad degree in Economics & Politics in England and finally moved back to India to become a photographer.

When not capturing the world with his camera, he reads The Economist, listens to old Tamil songs, and ponders life.

He discusses his motivation and philosophy of photography during an interview here.

Nishat Fatima: Nishat Fatima is a photographer and writer based in Hyderabad. Her work has appeared in publications like Saveur, The Times UK, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar. She is the author of a novel Seriously, Sitara? and the coffee table book Suneet Varma. She has also been the editor of Harper's Bazaar India. 

 

 

BRINGING DOWN THE WALL: A Workshop

The German Unification Day champions the importance of unity and the power of the collective; it also symbolises harmony and inclusion. Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in partnership with Red Balloon is inviting students from India and Germany to come together to participate in a unique global collaborative program for young people titled ‘Bringing Down the Wall’.

The objective of this program is to cement the importance and value of collective identity with the younger generation and provide them with an opportunity to come together and express their vision for a better united world for all. Through an exciting and highly creative 2 week workshop, the participants will be taken on a journey of self and social awareness which will culminate into a Short Film (Audio-Visual Montage). The film will be created & conceptualised collectively by the participants under the mentorship of a senior design mentor.

About Red Balloon

www.redballoonglobal.com

Red Balloon is a social enterprise that works with children and young adults in the age group of 12-22 years from across socio-economic backgrounds.

This program is for select schools only*

 

Info Session for Job Seekers by Pro-Recognition

Germany offers various career opportunities for Indian professionals - even post Corona. Before you start applying, you might have numerous questions, such as:

What are the chances of finding a job in my occupation?

How much German do I actually need to know?

What is recognition and how do I get it?

 

This free webinar will give you an overview of what success factors to consider and a chance to ask all your questions.

Register on www.prorecognition.in/events

or follow the link here:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1876848066737516814

 

IMPRESSIONS AT 30

A video compilation to CELEBRATE 30 YEARS GERMAN UNTIY!

Sit back and enjoy the video that we have curated for you with a variety of speakers each bringing in a unique aspect of the historical moments of Germany with them. 

https://youtu.be/SLLBZdR2WFU

This video will be released on 3rd October 2020 which marks the 30th anniversary of the German National Day of Unity.

 
 
 

DIE BAUKUNST: Art, Aesthetics, Architecture Series

Register in advance for this session:

https://tinyurl.com/y2qtxv9f

or catch us live on Facebook or Youtube

A series to explore the finest in the field of Architecture

Porosity, Paradox & Practice

Padma Bhushan Sri Balkrishna V. DOSHI

in conversation with Sri Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, Bangladesh

24th september 2020 | 6:00 pm - 7:30 PM IST

Pritzker Laureate Balkrishna Doshi is a renowned Indian Architect and a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architect and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects. He is considered to be an important figure of South Asian Architecture and is famous for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. Amongst several international and national awards and honors, he received the Global Award for Lifetime Achievement for Sustainable Architecture by Institut Francais d’architecure, Paris in 2007; and The Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2018 which is considered as an equivalent of Nobel Prize in Architecture. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2020.

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf is an architect, urbanist, architectural historian from Bangladesh. A recipient of the Pierre Vago Journalism Award from the International Committee of Architectural Critics for the Architectural Design publication Made in India, he has authored several books on Architecture.

The title porosity, paradox and practice refers to inherent ways of absorbing situations as they arise through notional counterbalance of nature, life-death, day-night to continue the cyclic order.

 

Documentary Screening: The Books We Made:

Join us for Docu-Forum Online TODAY 23 July 2020 at 6:30 pm (IST)
Please find the link here which will activated only at 6:30 PM IST ONLY

https://vimeo.com/181291202 

The same will also be published on our Facebook page.


https://www.facebook.com/goethezentrum.hyderabad/  

After the screening do join THE FILMMAKERS for a live discussion at 8.00 pm.
To join the discussion please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/

Please note :
1. If you cannot see and hear the live discussion, please refresh the window.
2. You can ask questions by writing in the comment section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

 
 
 

Sustainable and Stunning - A Panel Discussion

Register for this event here:

https://bit.ly/2Q4YUDH 

or catch this event live here:

http://www.youtube.com/c/GoetheZentrumHyderabad

Sustainability in fashion is an approach where designers, manufacturers and consumers focus on the responsible production and disposal of fashion products. It involves the responsible treatment of every value-link to ensure the fair treatment of the human resources involved, as well as the entire lifecycle of a textile product from the fibre-level to its processing, weaving, sewing, packaging, and its responsible disposal, recycling or upcycling to minimize its damage on the environment.

 
Slow Fashion
Slow Fashion is the concept of minimizing consumer buying patterns and inturn production volumes by increasing the longevity of each fashion product by improving its quality, regardless of the impact on price. In a nutshell, Slow Fashion means the manufacturing and consumption of fewer, higher quality products that last longer, hence reducing the wastage which is going in to the landfill and reducing the carbon footprint on the planet. 

About the Panelists

Bina Rao, India

Bina Rao is a co founder and Creative Head of the Social Business in - Sustainable Fashion & Textile ‘Creative Bee’ in Hyderabad. Creative Bee also works with underprivileged Weavers & Artisans across the country towards training in sustainable livelihood. BINA RAO is a Pioneer fashion label in Sustainable Fashion & Textiles, International speaker, member of advisory committees for Hand loom, Government of India. Member governing Council NID, Senior Consultant to United Nations East Africa Program, Team Leader, UNDP’s ‘Disha’ Pilot for 2000 Women Weavers of Telangana, Trustee Creative Bee Foundation.

Edric Ong, Malaysia

Edric Ong is the President of Society Atelier Sarawak, the Arts and Crafts Society of Sarawak in East Malaysia. He is also the Immediate Past President of the ASEAN Handicraft Promotion and Development Association (AHPADA), an organization that administers the UNESCO-AHPADA Craft Seal of Excellence since 2000.

An architect by training, he has designed several landmarks such as the Sarawak Cultural Village and the Kuching International Airport in Sarawak, East Malaysia. His interest in the heritage of his country has caused him to write several books eg. Sarawak Style, Pua-Kumbu-Iban Textiles; Woven Dreams-Ikat Textiles of Sarawak. He has won several prestigious awards.

A noted speaker at International conferences, he has set up the World Eco-Fiber and Textile (WEFT) Network to further the cause of natural fibers and dyes. He has won American Aid to Artisans ‘ADVOCATE AWARD’; Australia Culture Award; ‘Penyokong Kraf Negara’ or Malaysian National Craft Award for Best Non-Government Organisation; the Sarawak State ‘Pegawai Bintang Sarawak’ award; and received Seals of Excellence from UNESCO-AHPADA and the Japanese G-Mark for many of his designs in the arts and crafts.

He has curated many exhibitions in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Korea, Australia, Japan, India, France, Sweden, United Kingdom and USA.

Judy Frater, USA/ india

Judy Frater was Founder Director of Somaiya Kala Vidya, an institute of education for artisans. She lived in Kutch, working with artisans, for 30 years. During this time she co-founded and operated Kala Raksha Trust, and established the Kala Raksha Textile Museum. In 2003 she was  awarded an Ashoka fellowship for social entrepreneurship to develop the first program of design education for artisans, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya. The curriculum, resources and teaching methodology of the program respond to the rhythm of life of the artisan students.  In 2009 Frater was awarded the Sir Misha Black Medal for Design Education and in the following year was presented with the Crafts Council of India Kamla award. In 2014, she joined the K. J. Somaiya Gujarat Trust to form Somaiya Kala Vidya, in order to build the program to an institute.

Frater is author of Threads of Identity, and chapters of  many books on craft traditions. Currently she is developing a new venture in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Rashmi Bharti,India  

Rashmi Bharti is a co-founder of founded AVANI, a voluntary organization working in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, located in the middle ranges of the Central Himalayan region. Founded in 1997 to create livelihood opportunities through development and dissemination of appropriate technologies, revival and promotion of traditional craft-based and farm-based activities. She has have worked in the field of education, community health, natural resource management, strategic planning and creation of sustainable livelihood in remote rural areas.

Her  work brings together the concept of creativity, sustainability and design thinking that integrates people and natural resources in one contiguous whole. It is a holistic and integrated manner of design thinking that creates eco systems that are self sustaining and inclusive…

Moderator: Abeer Gupta
Abeer Gupta is currently the director of the Krishnakriti Foundation in Hyderabad and the Achi Association India in New Delhi and Leh. He has directed several documentary films and curated art, education and community media projects. His research is based in the western Himalayas, in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir around oral histories, material cultures, and visual archives. His publications include, The Visual and Material Culture of Islam in Ladakh (2014), Discovering the Self and Others in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh (Sage, 2014), and A Sense of Place: Islam in the Western Himalaya (Marg, 2018).
 

 

RENDEZVOUS WITH SENIORS

An evening of Readings to celebrate "Senior Citizen's Day 2020"

Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3i5Okbm

The World Senior Citizen's Day is celebrated on 21 August each year. The celebration took place for the first time on 1 October 1991. It's a day to remember and celebrate the older persons and thank them for their contributions. 

We take this opportunity to thank all GZH well-wishers who have accompanied our journey for over 15 years. We have learnt from their laughter, from their experience, their knowledge and most importantly their company. We celebrate this day with readings. Our readers will select a text, poetry or prose of their preference. 

Do join us ONLINE as we stop to tell them how much we appreciate their presence in our lives!

Readings by:

B S Prakash

Daphne Rebello

Frauke Qader

Ismat Mehdi

Professor Satyanarayana

Shankar Melkote

Vasanth Kannabiran

Vithal Rajan

 

Moderator:

Chandana Chakrabarti

 

Online Documentary Screening: DIE KANDIDATEN

PRESENTING DOCU-FORUM ONLINE

The programme includes a screening of the documentary film DIE KANDIDATEN (The Kandidates) by Michael Schwarz followed by a live discussion with the producers and the filmmaker.

Here is the link: https://vimeo.com/436756930 

Please note that the link will be active from 6:30 pm IST on 12th August 2020.

(Kindly select 'English' from the status band below the frame for English subtitle if you don’t see the subtitles)

'After the screening, from about 8:00 pm IST, you can join the open discussion with Dr. Thorsten Holzhauser from the University of Mainz along with the filmmaker, Michael Schwarz on Facebook.'

https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/

If you cannot see and hear the live discussion, please refresh the window.

You can ask questions by writing in the comment section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

Synopsis:

The German federal election of 2017 is considered historic and, like no other election before, still has an immense influence on current politics. Whereas the election campaigns of the top candidates such as Merkel and Schulz were exploited in detail by the media, we lack a focus on the campaigns of the grass roots of the political parties, far away from Berlin.

The film accompanies six young politicians of the biggest political parties from Rhineland-Palatinate during the crucial phase of the election campaign: Jan Metzler (Christian Democratic Union, 36), Thomas Hitschler (Social Democratic Party, 34), David Dietz (Free Democratic Party, 35), Misbah Khan (Bündnis 90 / the Greens, 27), Max Keck (The Left, 19) and Sebastian Münzenmaier (Alternative for Germany, 28).

By attending panel discussions, door-to-door campaigning, visits at the local fair and interviews we learn how election campaigns work on a small scale, and we see the variety of challenges young politicians have to face. Our protagonists are always close to the people, who support, criticize or reject them. Despite the difficulties, they all have to act according to the motto “Keep on fighting!”.


Michael Schwarz

Michael Schwarz initially worked for numerous film and television companies; e.g. at Bavaria Film, for the television series SISKA and on behalf of the Neue Münchner Filmproduktion as script supervisor and first assistant director.  From 2002-2007, he studied film and theatre studies in Mainz while working as a freelance director and assistant director. In 2007 he began to study Film/Video at the Art Academy Mainz. After getting his art diploma in 2011, Michael Schwarz became master apprentice of Prof. Dr. Harald Schleicher (Art Academy Mainz, film class) and carries on working as a freelance director and author. His films received multiple awards and have been presented at over 170 national and international film festivals.

Thorsten Holzhauser

Thorsten Holzhauser, studied history, German literature and political science in Mainz as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation. Since 2013 he has been a research assistant in the Department of Modern History at the Department of History. After a four-month guest lectureship at the University of Glasgow in 2017, he received his doctorate in Mainz in April 2018. His dissertation "The 'Successor Party'. Die Integration der PDS in das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1990-2005" was awarded the Research Promotion Prize of the Friends of the University of Mainz in 2019. He is currently a research assistant in the project "Regime Change and Elite Continuity in Post-Totalitarian Democracies after 1945".


 

 

 

 

DAAD Webinar: Study & Research in Germany

Web Session by DAAD on Study & Research in Germany

Presentation followed by interactive Q & A session

Registration link:

http://daad.reflact.com/ee0zbn59uhwt/event/registration.html

Germany is renowned for the excellent quality of education it provides. Germany’s higher education institutions enjoy an excellent reputation.

Every year, thousands of international students and scholars choose to study in Germany. There are very good reasons for this. These include among others International Programmes taught in English medium, excellent quality of education, no or low tuition fees, promising career opportunities and above all the vibrant social and cultural milieu.

Join this webinar to learn more about the prerequisites and application procedures for a Masters degree in Germany. All you need to participate is a good internet connection and ideally a computer/laptop with speaker and microphone!

We look forward to your participation.

 
 

German Short Films: Short Export - Made in Germany

GERMAN SHORT FILMS

To register click here: https://forms.gle/vZuPuSzByApHtRgw9

In its 15th edition six outstanding short films have been selected out of almost 600 German submissions at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2020. This years' 85-minute SHORT EXPORT - Made in Germany program ranges from bizarre and exciting to warm-hearted and hilarious stories, told as fiction, documentary or animation short films. The program illustrates the artistic, stylistic and thematic diversity of German short film making.The program is available in original version with German, English and French subtitles. GZH is proud to bring this program ONLINE to you in collaboration with Hyderabad Centre for Photography.

More about the films here:  https://kurzfilmtournee.de/#filme

 

Series: LEARNING TO LOOK: INDIAN ART HISTORY AND THE GERMAN LEGACY

Session 6: Image Hauntings and Warburg’s Nachleben

From what perspective do we approach works of art in a gallery, museum or historical monument? Is there a common lens through which we view all works of visual art or do we need to change our lenses each time we encounter artworks from a different culture? Is ‘I know what I like’ a sufficient criterion for appreciating works of art or are we missing out on something significant if we don’t undertake the process of ‘learning’ to look? What differentiates art from heritage?

The Kunstforum Online Lectures in Art History will introduce participants to the modern discipline of art history as it developed in Europe in the 18th century and in India over a century later. The question ‘What do Art Historians Study?’ has a very complex and increasingly elaborate answer. The first lecture of this series is designed as a kind of trailer - to highlight the importance of learning to look and learning to read works of art, a multi-modal process that enriches our interaction with artworks exponentially. Subsequent presentations will unveil a selection of vantage points from which art historians are trained to experience, read and appreciate works of art.

These six lectures will focus on the core theoretical constructs of six remarkably influential German-speaking art historians who shaped the modern discipline of art history from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Beginning with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s cultural-historical model for the study of Greek and Roman art and ending with Walter Benjamin’s insights into the aura of a work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, the lectures will outline the theoretical formulations of these scholars, demonstrating their application in the original context of European art works. The framework will then be extended to works of art in the Indian context. This visual-rich series of lectures will showcase some of the most iconic art works from the Europe and India in a bid to reveal the nuts, bolts and armature of the discipline of art history. It is ideal for participants who enjoy the experience of straddling multiple visual cultures and time periods on the one hand and revel in thought experiments on the other.

About the Artist: Sarada Natarajan

Dr. Sarada Natarajan studied art history at India’s premier institution for the discipline, the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda, specializing in Indian art historiography for her doctoral work. For fourteen years, she taught Indian and Western European art history and theory to master’s level students at the University of Hyderabad and was visiting faculty at Shiv Nadar University for three years. She was selected for a post-doctoral fellowship offered jointly by the Forum Transregionale Studien and Humboldt University, Berlin in 2016-2017. After her recent stint as Principal of Bengaluru School of Visual Arts (Evening), Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru, Natarajan will teach as Visiting Faculty at Ashoka University, Sonepat, in the latter half of 2020. 

Register at https://forms.gle/21a2hYAysa8s81Ty6

 
 

Online Documentary Screening: SIBERIAN LOVE

Wednesday, 15. July 2020 | 18:30 PM IST

Presenting Docu-Forum Online.

The programme includes a screening of the documentary film SIBERIAN LOVE by Olga Delane followed by a live discussion with the producers and the filmmaker.

To start watching the film please click https://vimeo.com/426978302 PASSWORD: taskovski   

(Kindly select 'English' from the status band below the frame for English subtitle if you don’t see the subtitles)

After the screening, from about 8 pm IST (modify according to your Local time), please click https://www.facebook.com/goetheinstitut.Kolkata/ to join the open discussion with the producers  and the filmmaker.

If you cannot see and hear the live discussion, please refresh the window.

You can ask questions by writing in the comment section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

DOCU-FORUM ONLINE


SIBERIAN LOVE
A film by Olga Delane
Duration: 79 minutes/ Year: 2016/ Language: Russian with English subtitles

Synopsis:

What does a woman need to be happy and fulfilled? After 20 years of living in Berlin, the director Olga Delane goes back to her roots in a small Siberian village, where she is confronted with traditional views of relationships, life and love. The man is the master in the home; the woman’s task is to beget children and take care of the household (and everything else, too). Siberian Love provides unrivalled insights into the (love) life of a Siberian village and seeks the truth around the universal value of traditional relationships.
A freezing quest for love in rural Siberia.

“Siberian Love” was internationally premiered in at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2016.

The Film maker:

Olga Delane is a photographer, editor and director. During the last five years she took several trips through Siberia for her photo, video and movie projects. Her first documentary feature-length film „Endstation Krasnokamensk – Ein Heimatbesuch“(Final destination Krasnokamensk) ran successfully in many German art-house cinemas.
 

 

 

Talk: THE CHALLENGES OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION BETWEEN INDIANS AND GERMANS

Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence means acquiring appropriate knowledge about other cultures and necessary skills to successfully interact with people from those cultures. In any cross-cultural Interaction between an Indian and a German there will always be some misunderstandings and cultural shocks due to differences in attitudes, in cultural assumptions, in the ways of structuring messages and expressing one’s thoughts. In this talk we will identify and discuss some of the cultural differences between India and Germany and explain how one can equip oneself with appropriate cross-cultural tools to become a meaningful and successful partner in Indo-German Cross-Cultural encounters.

 

About Prof. Dr. Vridhagiri Ganeshan

As a teacher, Prof. Dr. V. Ganeshan truly believes in making a difference in the life of a student, who is willing to learn from him and believes whole-heartedly that learning is mutual. Prof. Dr. Vridhagiri Ganeshan is an Emeritus Professor of German and has served as the Vice-Chancellor at at Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) now known as English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU).

 
 

SCIENCE TALK (ONLINE): History & Progress of Cancer Research by Dr. Kinjal Desai

Register in advance for this meeting on ZOOM: https://bit.ly/3cZIQfw


History & Progress of Cancer Research
We will take a tour of cancer from its first recorded case to the cutting edge cancer research of the present day. Glimpse the potential of modern technology and how it is shaping our understanding of the disease. Survey the fundamentals of cancer biology, and discuss the complexities and challenges of cancer research at the molecular level. Learn about the major areas of cancer research, how research is generally funded, and a small vignette of current research first hand from a cancer biologist.

Dr. Kinjal Desai
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Kinjal received her Bachelor of Science from St. Xavier’s College, India, and her Doctorate of Philosophy from Dartmouth College, USA. She is now a senior postdoctoral research fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, where she is working on developing a novel treatment for medulloblastoma, the most commonly occurring malignant brain tumour in children. She is also an instructor at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and has guest lectured at the University of Toronto Molecular Genetics department. Outside of research and science education, Kinjal enjoys baking, tennis, and stand-up comedy.

About RIOT:
We are the Toronto Research Information Outreach Team (RIOT). We are a group of cancer researchers and scientists working with the Canadian Cancer Society to bring awareness about the progress and promise of cancer research. We regularly write blog articles describing new and topical ideas in cancer biology, and we hold presentation sessions about various aspects of cancer research at community centres, high schools, and in corporations. We also organize an annual full-day symposium to promote cancer research awareness among high school students.

 
 
 

Kunstforum: Learning to Look - Indian Art History and the German Legacy by Dr. Sarada Natarajan

13th June 2020, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
ONLINE via Zoom!

Learning to Look: Indian Art History and the German Legacy

Dr. Sarada Natarajan, Ph.D. Art Historian

From what perspective do we approach works of art in a gallery, museum or historical monument? Is there a common lens through which we view all works of visual art or do we need to change our lenses each time we encounter artworks from a different culture? Is ‘I know what I like’ a sufficient criterion for appreciating works of art or are we missing out on something significant if we don’t undertake the process of ‘learning’ to look? What differentiates art from heritage?

The Kunstforum Online Lectures in Art History will introduce participants to the modern discipline of art history as it developed in Europe in the 18th century and in India over a century later. The question ‘What do Art Historians Study?’ has a very complex and increasingly elaborate answer. The first lecture of this series is designed as a kind of trailer - to highlight the importance of learning to look and learning to read works of art, a multi-modal process that enriches our interaction with artworks exponentially. Subsequent presentations will unveil a selection of vantage points from which art historians are trained to experience, read and appreciate works of art.

The six lectures that follow will focus on the core theoretical constructs of six remarkably influential German-speaking art historians who shaped the modern discipline of art history from the 18th to the 20th centuries. Beginning with Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s cultural-historical model for the study of Greek and Roman art and ending with Walter Benjamin’s insights into the aura of a work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, the lectures will outline the theoretical formulations of these scholars, demonstrating their application in the original context of European art works. The framework will then be extended to works of art in the Indian context. This visual-rich series of lectures will showcase some of the most iconic art works from the Europe and India in a bid to reveal the nuts, bolts and armature of the discipline of art history. It is ideal for participants who enjoy the experience of straddling multiple visual cultures and time periods on the one hand and revel in thought experiments on the other.

About the Artist: Sarada Natarajan

Dr. Sarada Natarajan studied art history at India’s premier institution for the discipline, the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda, specializing in Indian art historiography for her doctoral work. For fourteen years, she taught Indian and Western European art history and theory to master’s level students at the University of Hyderabad and was visiting faculty at Shiv Nadar University for three years. She was selected for a post-doctoral fellowship offered jointly by the Forum Transregionale Studien and Humboldt University, Berlin in 2016-2017. After her recent stint as Principal of Bengaluru School of Visual Arts (Evening), Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru, Natarajan will teach as Visiting Faculty at Ashoka University, Sonepat, in the latter half of 2020. 

 

 
 
 

Documentary Screening: Cities of Sleep

Presenting Docu-Forum Online

The programme includes a screening of the well-acclaimed documentary film CITIES OF SLEEP by Shaunak Sen followed by a live discussion with the filmmaker.

After the screening, from about 8 pm IST, please click

https://www.facebook.com/citiesofsleep?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

to join the open discussion with the filmmaker Shaunak Sen.

If you cannot see and hear the live discussion, please refresh the window.

You can ask questions by writing in the comment section while the live stream of the discussion is being broadcasted.

 

ONLINE Documentary Screening: Cities of Sleep

Join us for Docu-Forum Online on 20. May 2020 at 6:30 pm (IST)

'Cities of Sleep'

A film by Shaunak Sen
Duration: 77 minutes, Hindi with English Subtitles

Synopsis:
The film takes us into a heady world of insurgent sleeper’s communities as well as the infamous ‘sleep markets’ in Delhi where just securing a safe sleeping spot often becomes a question of life and death for a large number of people.

The film trails the lives of two individuals, Shakeel and Ranjeet. Shakeel, a renegade homeless sleeper has for the last 7 years slept in a diverse range of improvised places like subways, under park benches, parking lots, abandoned cars and lately, at areas controlled by the sleep mafia. The film follows his attempts to secure a safe sleeping space just around the time the infamous winter rains of Delhi are due.

Ranjeet runs the ‘sleep-cinema’ community in Loha Pul in Delhi, a huge double-storey iron bridge straddling the banks of the river Yamuna. A thin strip of land under Loha Pul houses shanty cinemas where over 400 odd homeless come and sleep through the day for a nominal price. The flooding of the river Yamuna poses a threat to the people sleeping there every monsoon.

The film looks at not only the tremendous social and political pressure that sleep exerts on the homeless in the city but is also a philosophical exploration of sleep at large.

The film has been screened in a number of national and international festivals around the world and mention must be made of the following:

Indian Premier - MAMI International Film Festival
Asian Premier - Taiwan International Film Festival.
European Premier - Dok Leipzig, Germany
North American Premier - New York Indian Film Festival.

The film will be available for viewing via a Vimeo link, which will be published TODAY on 20th May 2020 at 6:20 pm.

After the screening do join THE FILMMAKER for a live discussion at 8.00 pm on 20th May 2020. To join the discussion please visit

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Cultures of Resistance Films - Online

EARTH'S APRIL 2020

lET'S KEEP IN TOUCH WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING

What's up at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in April 2020!

Owing to the nationwide lockdown to battle COVID-19, we too have decided to close our offices until further notice. We regret the inconvenience caused. No classes, exams or events will take place at GZH but the staff and faculty are #workingfromhome and we will continue to keep in touch with you. Here are a few tips, webinar alerts and movies which you can enjoy online. In the meanwhile,

#stayhome #staysafe #doyourbit #flattenthecurve.

As a way of extending solidarity to all who are suffering or living under quarantine, Cultures of Resistance Films are making all their films available for free online. Below you can find a list of their films and links for viewing them on their Cultures Of Resistance YouTube or Vimeo.

 
 
 

DAAD Online Events Line-up - April 2020

EARTH'S APRIL 2020

lET'S KEEP IN TOUCH WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING

What's up at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in April 2020!

Owing to the nationwide lockdown to battle COVID-19, we too have decided to close our offices until further notice. We regret the inconvenience caused. No classes, exams or events will take place at GZH but the staff and faculty are #workingfromhome and we will continue to keep in touch with you. Here are a few tips, webinar alerts and movies which you can enjoy online. In the meanwhile,

#stayhome #staysafe #doyourbit #flattenthecurve.

Our friends of the language department; our dear Students, given the current situation, the DAAD is offering a number of online events or interaction possibilities. Please make use of these to learn more about study and research in Germany - from the safety of your residence.

 
 
 
 

Deccan Birders Talk: Pygmy hog, the world’s smallest and rarest pig: An insight into its biology and conservation

Pygmy hog is a critically endangered species which is endemic to the grasslands of South Himalyan foothills. Once ranged over the entire Himalyan states, is now restricted to only a single wild population in Assam due to habitat loss. The present talk will cover the behavioural ecology of this illusive animal in its native habitat and throw lights on the conservation breeding program being undertaken to save the animal from extinction.

 

Women's March Film Festival: The Art of Sascha Waltz

Join us for some tea and snacks as we bring to you this March a palette of three carefully chosen movies that celebrate women!!

Garten der Lüste - Die Choreographin
Sasha Waltz - The Art of Sasha Waltz

Director: Brigitte Kramer | Colour | 59 min. | 2014

Sasha Waltz is one of the best known and most exciting choreographers in Europe. Her choreographies always surprise the audience with new aesthetics in exciting rooms. Waltz is not only interested in working with dancers, but also in dialogue with all artistic forms. Together with her partner Jochen Sandig, she kept discovering new places in Berlin that had never before been used as venues for dance or theater. The film creates a panorama of the choreographic work by Sasha Waltz.

Celebrating Women's March 2020!

 

Women's March Film Festival: Cloud 9

Join us for some tea and snacks as we bring to you this March a palette of three carefully chosen movies that celebrate women!!

Cloud Nine - Wolke Neun

Director: Andreas Dresen | Colour | 100 min. | 20007/08

Inge meets Karl, impulsively falls passionately in love with him and leaves Werner, her husband of 30 years, to go and live with Karl. Sounds like many other love stories – apart from the fact that all parties involved are well into their sixties or even seventies. A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage. The theme concerns “sexuality in the older generation”,  CLOUD NINE is certainly a provocation, yet also a unique piece of work. 

Celebrating Women's March 2020!

 

Self-Defence Awareness Program

Self-defence, especially for women, is of utmost importance in the kind of the world we live in today. Mrs. Lakshmi Samrajyam is an International gold medallist in martial arts. She has 20 years of experience in martial arts. Her aim is to teach women self-defence and prepare them to face any challenge and be confident in protecting themselves. She has trained more than 14 lakh women/girls. She has won many awards for training the women from different sectors in selfdefence. 

Recently she performed Guinness world record with 13863 members on National girls’ day. As a part of Women’s March, GZH will host a talk for its employees to discuss about the importance of self-defence with the help of Mrs. Lakshmi Samrajyam.

For GZH Staff Only

Celebrating Women's March 2020!

 

German Movie Day: Coconut Hero

Coconut Hero

Director: Florian Cossen | colour | 101 min | 2014/15

Synopsis: In the middle of Nowheresville lives 16-year-old Mike who wants out of his crappy life - permanently! Spending his time devising ways to do himself in, he considers the fatal brain tumor in his head as a God sent. That changes when he meets a girl and falls in love for the first time - without even knowing what love is.

Celebrating Women's March 2020!

 

Pinjra Tod Kar: A podcast Series

A podcast of stories told by the women whose lives were impacted by Shaheen.

From current affairs to investigative long form stories to drama, comedy and much more, there seems to be a podcast for practically every kind of person and taste.

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in collaboration with Suno India and Bol Hyderabad is proud to present to you the first of their podcast series ‘Pinjra Tod Kar’. This podcast will bring to you powerful and poignant stories told by the women whose lives were impacted by Shaheen, an organisation founded and run by Hyderabadi poet and feminist-activist Jameela Nishat.

Join us as Usha Raman from Bol Hyderabad, Padma Priya, and Rakesh Kamal from Suno India and Jameela Nishat from Shaheen share their experience of bringing this podcast together as we launch OUR FIRST EPISODE!

Celebrating Women's March 2020!

Listen to the podcast here:

 

 

Workshop: Wanna Podcast?

6th March 2020, 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Hamburg Hall, GZH 

With longer commutes and on demand engaging content, audio podcasts are becoming the next big  thing in India. With increasing mobile penetration, audio streaming has become easier to access, and is now more personalized than ever before. This presents a huge opportunity for publishers, marketers, journalists, and communication professionals to connect with audiences via this “new” medium.

 

Film Screening: On Hands

28th February 2020, 6:30 pm
Hamburg Hall, GZH 

ON HANDS - By Lajwanti Waghray

As technology overtakes more and more of society it’s easy to forget that one of the most powerful tools people have are their hands. Contemplative and observational, On Hands follows the work on 20 makers who use their hands to create, offering a unique experience they could not achieve otherwise. 

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/362204622

 
 

Photo Exhibition: Portraiture of Compassion

Opening: Thursday, 20th February 2020, 6.30 pm
On view until: 02nd March 2020, 9.30 am - 6.30 pm
Hamburg Hall, GZH 

PORTRAITURE OF COMPASSION

Dogs are not Dogs to me, especially street dogs. They are special entity of our world. Good, bad or worst, whatever their situation is, but they are there with their being and nothing else. They are different sometimes, indifferent other tines, but always be with themselves.

They quarrel and ponder and after all, they amuse me that all these actions are as emotional as human and as touching as mankind. So I treat them as my neighbors or fellow beings. Wherever they are and whatever their situation is, dogs always made our dwelling much more lovable. And I feel, we as humans have not made any considerable contribution towards them. My imagery of dogs is a kind of tribute, In fact, portraiture of compassion.


By Kandukuri Ramesh Babu


About the artist: Kandukuri Ramesh Babu
‘The common man is not common’ to Kandukuri Ramesh babu (47) and so he truly and deeply believed in highlighting the common man as a special person and an indispensable part of the society. A journalist and writer and photographer, Ramesh babu strives hard to bring forth the idea of that a common man’s contribution to the society is immensely commendable though it might have gone unnoticed, a lot of times. In 2016, Ramesh Babu founded an exclusive photography gallery named Samanyashastram in Manikonda of Hyderabad. Here he exhibits his works time to time in life size and celebrates the life or ordinary.

 

 
 

Photo Exhibition: The Bhopal Story

On View: 6th - 14th February 2020

10:00 am - 6:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

The Bhopal Story

Thirty five years ago, deadly plumes of poisonous Methyl Isocyanate gas - 500 times more toxic than cyanide – leaked from the Union Carbide factory and killed more than 8,000 immediately.

But Carbide’s poisons continued to kill – over 25,000 people have succumbed to the effects of the gas disaster in the last 34 years. In 1999 a report was released where it was found that mercury levels during gas leak increased by 20,000 to 6 million times more than expect levels. More than half a million continue to live with lingering health problems like cancer, respiratory illnesses, developmental disabilities, birth disabilities, cancer and reproductive disorders. The next generation of children in Bhopal were born with serious conditions like musculoskeletal disorders, twisted limbs and brain damage.The toxic contamination of underground water and soil in and around the abandoned factory site is one of the persistent testimonies of corporate crime and impunity. 

The story has changed. Now it’s not about the victims who inhaled less gas and dying slow death, but the next generation of children being born with distorted limbs, damaged minds and incurable disabilities. The poisons got into their drinking water, via wells, bore-pipes and underground streams. They came from a derelict pesticide factory where, in sheds open to wind and rain, lethal powders sift from rotting sacks, tars ooze from rusting oil-drums, and barge-loads of toxic sludges lie dumped in lakes whose liners perished long ago. The factory is that same one that, 34 years ago, leaked a huge quantity of poison gas over Bhopal, killing thousands in a night of horror. 

Today, 35 years later I visited Bhopal to document the third and fourth generation victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. With almost no help or acknowledgment from the government, these children, who come from middle to lower middle class families suffer. I visited Chingari Trust (founded by Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, gas survivors and also recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2004) which has been working for the congenitally disabled children born in the same families affected by the tragedy and the subsequent water contamination. 

About Avani Rai

Avani Rai- a photographer based out of Mumbai, India. Has worked as a cameraperson on a number of  short films. Uski Baarish premiered at Clermond Ferrand, Tiff etc. has worked in fiction and documentary. As a photographer she has contributed to the Sunday Guardian, Scroll, The Wire. Her recent, a film directed/shot by her Raghu Rai-An Unframed Portrait’, co-produced by ARTE FRANCE, IDFA BERTHA FUND premiered at IDFA in the competition in November 2017. It has travelled to DocPoint (Finland, Estonia), Doc Aviv (Tel Aviv), Docs Against Gravity (Poland), Oslo (Norway), TRT  documentary days (Turkey) – as opening film, Doc Edge (New Zealand), Doc Fest (Germany) - till May 2018. The documentary on Raghu Rai (also her father) is based on his photographic journey, which captures the history of India of the past 50 years, which she experienced through his images. Kashmir, also featured in the film is her first-hand experience, which she shared with him in the course of making of the film.
 

This exhibition was also exhibited as a part of the 10th edition of Hyderabad Literary Festival 2020

 

 

Wine Tasting Session wit Ajoy Shaw

12th February 2020, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

GZH Annexe

Wine tasting session with a leading wine connoisseur Ajoy Shaw

Ajoy Shaw is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced winemakers in India. He has worked 24 harvests in 4 different countries including France, USA, Nepal and India. He led Sula to many awards for its wines as Chief Winemaker, working with the winery for 18 years. He is a renowned international wine judge who has extensively studied wine regions and got several international wine degrees. Now he is a consultant helping wineries like Kishan’s (the wine man of Hyderabad) Asav to create wonderful high quality wines that can pair with Indian food


Ajoy will cover the following in a short 1 hour lecture on Indian wines:
- the USP of Indian wines
- the grapes and the Indian wine regions
- the local Wine Asav that is creating waves
- how to pair Indian wines with food

 
 

Stammtisch

WEDNESDAY, 12TH February 11:30 AM

GZH Annexxe

The word Stammtisch is not easily translated into English but it means something like “regular’s table”. Literally speaking, the word Stammtisch is a table in a bar or restaurant which is reserved for the same guests at the same time every day or every week. GZH invites you to “your table” over a cup of coffee and some cookies.
 

Our teachers who are always looking for fun ways to bring in a flavour of the german culture will moderate the session and bring in the fun german
words that are contextual to learning

 

Photo Exhibition: Domes of Hyderabad

Thursday, 09th January 6:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

Hyderabad is a city of minarets. The masterly centrepiece of the city is the landmark with four minarets. Complementing the minarets are domes. But the domes rarely get a second glance except in the evening or morning hours when the sun plays a game of hide and seek with shadows and shapes. These photographs, shot over a period of six years, try to capture the inner glory, symmetry of these architectural wonders. The word minaret has its origin in the Arabic nur meaning light. This photo exhibition tries to capture the luminosity of the domes.

Serish Nanisetti

Serish Nanisetti is author of Golconda Bagnagar Hyderabad, which is narrative chronicle of the city during the Qutb Shahi era. A journalist with The Hindu in Hyderabad, he has extensively researched, written and photographed the city. This is his second exhibition to be hosted at the Goethe Zentrum. If he is not climbing hills, forts or tramping through graveyards, Serish likes to eat good Hyderabadi food.

 

 

Jazz Concert: Max Clouth Clan

Max Clouth Clan

Max Clouth and his Clan play with powerful, sometimes anthemic melodies, cinematic-atmospheric sounds and striking themes. Western and Indian influences merge into a characteristic sound, while the band combines sophisticated structures and pointed improvisations.

Drummer Martin Standke is one of the founding members of the clan. Bassist Peter Crighton and keyboardist Georg Boessner join the band on their India tour in 2019.

The music ultimately develops organically from the artists’ interactions, that's why everyone’s ideas contribute significantly to the final form of the pieces. Shabashev's Voicings and Effects and Standkes sometimes hot, sometimes cool patterns are a quality in itself, as well as Wach's melodic tone, fine bow play and rhythmics derived from Arabic music.

The artists share a vision of creating music wherein the steady process of reorientation draws listeners into spheres of sound/ soundscapes that bridge influences and contexts. From Frankfurt to Mumbai, Indian Rock is combined with a solid jazz foundation. Jazz as interpreted by the Max Clouth Clan is so richly layered and influenced by a multitude of styles it ultimately escapes categorization.

 

Website:

 

Videos:

 

 

Press:

"...Eine produktive Unentschiedenheit charakterisiert die Musik des Gitarristen Max Clouth. Einerseits ist unüberhörbar, dass zu seinen Hausgöttern E-Gitarren-Heroen wie Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin und auch Volker Kriegel gehören und dass er tief und fest in der Fusion-Ära wurzelt. Andererseits ist er – was ja auch für Hausgott McLaughlin gilt – von der reichen Musikkultur des indischen Subkontinents inspiriert. Und er verfügt da über weit mehr als nur Skalen und klangliche Klischees."

 

Frankfurter Rundschau, Hans-Jürgen Linke, 11. April 2018

 

"...Das führt auf „Kamaloka“ zu rasanten Kabinettstückchen, die von ihrem Witz und ihrer Virtuosität leben, der Max Clouth Clan steht aber auch für kontemplativere Stücke wie „Delhi Jaipur Highway“ oder „Letter from Gaza“, in denen eine raffinierte Komplexität lässig verpackt wird. Das erinnert öfter mal an John McLaughlins Jazzrock-Herrlichkeit aus den siebziger Jahren..."

 

Jazzthing, April/Mai 2018

 

"... Wer sich mehr und mehr in die Musik des 32-jährigen Frankfurters vertieft, wird an einen weiteren Godfather der Jazzrockgitarre erinnert: John McLaughlin. Dessen Beqeisterung für die Musik und Spiritualität lndiens färbt auf Clouth ab, ohne dass er die Musik seines Vorbildes kopieren würde. Der geistige Ansatz ist gleich, das Resultat anders. ..."

 

Jazzthetik, Mai/Juni 2018

 

"Max Clouth Clan’s new album, Kamaloka, celebrates the Indian classical-jazz link."

 

The Hindu Chennai, May 3 2018

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Stammtisch: Christmasfest in Deutschland

Wednesday, 27th November 11:30 am

GZH Annexxe

The word Stammtisch is not easily translated into English but it means something like “regular’s table”. Literally speaking, the word Stammtisch is a table in a bar or restaurant which is reserved for the same guests at the same time every day or every week. GZH invites you to “your table” over a cup of coffee and some cookies.
 

Our teachers who are always looking for fun ways to bring in a flavour of the german culture will moderate the session and bring in the fun german
words that are contextual to Christmasfest, like Carousel, Weihnachtsmann, and more…

 

Jazz Concert: Lisbeth Quartett

Lisbeth Quartett
 

Charlotte Greve_Sax

Manuel Schmiedel_Piano
Igor Spallati_Bass
Moritz Baumgärtner_Drums

Founded in 2009 and divided equally between Berlin and New York since 2012, the Lisbeth Quartet was awarded a Jazz-Echo as newcomer of the year for its second CD Constant Travellers. The follow-up Framed Frequencies (Jan 2014) was also highly acclaimed internationally and the following live-album documents the band’s joy of playing and improvising on stage.

October 27th, 2017 is the release of There Is Only Make. “The new album was developed more from a band process than our earlier studio productions. Before we recorded, we carried the pieces with us for a longer time and performed them in many concerts together,” bandleader Charlotte Greve says. She compares the process to that of a painter, who develops the details and depth of his picture bit by bit. The result is multi-faceted pieces that oscillate between quiet passages and vigorous intensification. Melodic lines and clear forms, subtle interplay and a modern approach demonstrate creative drive and strength of character. Greve’s profound, partly lyrical compositions are timeless in the best sense and unite depth, unobtrusive lightness and long arcs of suspense.

Of course Charlotte Greve’s alto saxophone is at the center of attention. Her vibrant, floating saxophone tone and the sometimes clear, sometimes convoluted modulations are supported by her prominent partners. Pianist Manuel Schmiedel creates imaginative panoramas and solos and Moritz Baumgärtner’s unconventional, sonorous and dynamic drumming fuels rhythmic finesse. All of this together develops the intimate and genuine sound of the Lisbeth Quartet.

“When Charlotte Greve puts her alto into position, she gets the right intonation immediately. The sound is powerful, but not dominant, smooth and on alert likewise.”
Tagesspiegel

„A quartet of international standing“
Oliver Hochkeppel, Süddeutsche Zeitung

 

 

Bastard's callings to her last inheritance: conservative landscapes

Photo Exhibition

recent works by Mansi Bhatt

The photographs are staged like landscapes on the body and shot like places/sites on land. Through a theatrical set comprising of prosthetic makeup, objects and various skins, diverse spaces built on and around the body, weaving the body into complex places we inhabit. It is a subtle interplay between the scale of the body and the dimension of the city. The city is a complex navigation, full of social and religious conflicts and political symbols, so the idea is to collect multiple narratives and make a powerful concert of order, pace, exchange, satire and still speak through our chaotic position in this exaggerated world. This interlacing of body/land/scape interestingly opens up possibilities of excavation and archaeological discovery of new lands which further suggest more layers beneath! 

The silver objects are objects of religious beliefs. They are passed on from generation to generation.  

About the artist

I am an artist based in Bombay, working within the gaps of performance and photography, the body and it's spatial negotiations. The process includes prosthetic makeup, body extensions, sets and costumes in order to allow for absurd human observations. Both staged photographs and live performances are playful and disquieting, negotiating the realm of reality and uncertainty. The act of performance is familiar but strange that challenges the relevance of our collective political awareness. This space is as uncomfortable as the feel of plastic prosthetic pieces on the skin but at the same time, it intensifies the character of the act, addressing the gaps of the staged and the performed. In my performances, I prepare through a larger than life persona to perform a heroic act negotiating with three immediate elements of our lives- land, water and sky - that we consume and get consumed by. They are powerful spaces physically and metaphorically! Personally, they question my notions of belonging, often through the lens of gender and the ecosystems we inhabit

 
 

 

FILM SCREENING - BURKINABÈ RISING: THE ART OF RESISTANCE IN BURKINA FASO

Film Screening @HCP

12th November 2019, 7:00 pm

A small landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists, musicians, engaged citizens who carry on the revolutionary spirit of Thomas Sankara, killed in a coup d'état led by his best friend and adviser Blaise Compaoré, who then ruled the country as an autocrat for 27 years, until a massive popular insurrection led to his removal. Today, the spirit of resistance and political change is mightier than ever and it permeates every aspect of the Burkinabe life. It is an inspiration, not only to Africa, but to the rest of the world. 

Below is the trailer:

https://culturesofresistancefilms.com/burkinabe-rising#trailer

About the Director: Iara Lee

Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

As a filmmaker, Iara has directed/produced several full-length documentaries and dozens of short films over the past decade.

Her latest documentaries were shot in West Africa: BURKINABÈ RISING (2018), about the intersection of art and politics in Burkina Faso, and BURKINABÈ BOUNTY (2018), on agroecology in Burkina Faso. She currently has three projects in post-production: STALKING CHERNOBYL, a film examining the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone three decades after the world's most infamous nuclear disaster; FROM TRASH TO TREASURE, a short documentary on turning negatives into positives in Lesotho; and WANTOKS: DANCE OF RESILIENCE IN MELANESIA, a short film highlighting the performers who are using their talents to celebrate local culture and draw international attention to their islands’ fight against climate change. CAMERA UNOBSCURED, a film profiling photographers-for-change from the global South, and THE SAMI'S SONG OF SURVIVAL, a short documentary about indigenous resistance on the arctic frontier, are in pre-production.

Iara is a long-time supporter of Greenpeace, Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world through the Cultures of Resistance Network.

 

 

Film Screening: BURKINABÈ RISING: THE ART OF RESISTANCE IN BURKINA FASO

Film Screening for the Students of AISFM

11th November 2019, 3:30 pm

A small landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists, musicians, engaged citizens who carry on the revolutionary spirit of Thomas Sankara, killed in a coup d'état led by his best friend and adviser Blaise Compaoré, who then ruled the country as an autocrat for 27 years, until a massive popular insurrection led to his removal. Today, the spirit of resistance and political change is mightier than ever and it permeates every aspect of the Burkinabe life. It is an inspiration, not only to Africa, but to the rest of the world. 

Below is the trailer:

https://culturesofresistancefilms.com/burkinabe-rising#trailer

About the Director: Iara Lee

Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

As a filmmaker, Iara has directed/produced several full-length documentaries and dozens of short films over the past decade.

Her latest documentaries were shot in West Africa: BURKINABÈ RISING (2018), about the intersection of art and politics in Burkina Faso, and BURKINABÈ BOUNTY (2018), on agroecology in Burkina Faso. She currently has three projects in post-production: STALKING CHERNOBYL, a film examining the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone three decades after the world's most infamous nuclear disaster; FROM TRASH TO TREASURE, a short documentary on turning negatives into positives in Lesotho; and WANTOKS: DANCE OF RESILIENCE IN MELANESIA, a short film highlighting the performers who are using their talents to celebrate local culture and draw international attention to their islands’ fight against climate change. CAMERA UNOBSCURED, a film profiling photographers-for-change from the global South, and THE SAMI'S SONG OF SURVIVAL, a short documentary about indigenous resistance on the arctic frontier, are in pre-production.

Iara is a long-time supporter of Greenpeace, Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world through the Cultures of Resistance Network.

 

 
 

Children's Film Festival : Children of the Moon

Children of the Moon (2006)
Mondscheinkinder (original title)

1h 27min | Animation, Drama, Family | December 2006 |  Director: Manuela Stacke

Paul wants to become an astronaut. It is his favorite game. Pauls older sister, Lisa is playing his assistant in the spaceship. Lisa meets Simon and he also joins in but when Paul's physical conditions worsen, the game needs to favor Paul.  

 

Children's Film Festival : Conni & Co.

Conni & Co. (2016)
1h 44min | Adventure, Family | August 2016 |  Director: Franziska Buch

A story about the lively and adventurous Connie and her best friend Paul, who has to decide between Connie and his cool new friends.  

 

Children's Film Festival : Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer (2011)
1h 49min | Adventure, Family | November 2011 | Director: Hermine Huntgeburth

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.

 
 

German Movie Night: Dancing Dreams

DATE: 30th October 2019, 6:30 PM

Venue: Hamburg Hall, GZH

Dancing Dreams (Tanztraeume)

Director: Anne Linsel, colour, 89 min., 2010

“Kontakthof” is one of the most famous dance-theatre pieces by the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, who passed away in 2009. Two groups were chosen to rehearse and perform the work, which premiered in 1978; the first group consisted of senior citizens and, in 2008, for the first time ever, a troupe of teenagers began rehearsing the show. The film Tanzträume documents these rehearsals at the Wuppertal Dance Theatre one year before Pina Bausch’s death. It is an impressive tribute to the choreographer’s love of people and, not least, to the trials of coming of age.

 

INDIA WEEK HAMBURG 2019

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is proud to present the following two events at India Week Hamburg

Social, Sustainable AND Stunning

An event at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg about sustainable and fair fashion with panel talk and fashion show. Experts from Hamburg and Hyderabad will discuss current developments and solutions in an open panel talk on sustainable fashion. This will be followed by an interactive fashion show by the innovative and sustainable fashion label Creative Bee by designer Bina Rao from Hyderabad, India. In complete contrast to fast fashion, traditional and sustainable dyeing and weaving techniques are used. The event offers the last opportunity to visit the much discussed exhibition “Social Design” at the MKG, which also presents international and local approaches to the topic.

Language: English

This event is brought to you by: Behörde für Kultur und Medien der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MKG) und Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad

Venue: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG) Steintorpl.,

20099 Hamburg 27. 10. / 11:00 – 16:00 Uhr

Frei / Free / Anmeldung / Registration bis 22.10. bkm-kulturprojekte@bkm.hamburg

Steampunkt from India

New Perspectives on Genre Fiction Science fi ction (sf) deals with our use of technology and the power relations that follow. But the mode has a problematic relation with colonial practices of domination and erasure. Subaltern voices have now claimed technoscientifi c practices and the sf imaginary to negotiate a new future and create new practices. Steampunk, a nostalgic rememberance of Victorian sensibilities, is used to stand against the history of colonialism and the technological world order that follows. The talk gives an overview of the practices of steampunk and a focus on how they find a creative practice.

Artists: Jai Undurti, Fabian Stoltz

Indisches Generalkonsulat in Hamburg, Kohlhöfen 21

20355 Hamburg 1. 11. / 16:00 Uhr

Frei / Free

             

 

Digital Concert Hall: “Guardians of Unity”: Conductors in conversation

Digital Concert Hall

Wednesday, 23rd October 2019, 6:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

“Guardians of Unity”: Conductors in conversation

A film by Benedikt von Bernstorff, Jakob von Bernstorff (2016)

Iván Fischer, Paavo Järvi, Louis Langrée, Zubin Mehta, Andris Nelsons, Sir Simon Rattle, John Carewe

41 min.

The art of conducting is something that is no easier to explain than the concept of charisma or aura. It reveals itself in the most subtle of feedback processes with the orchestra’s musicians. In contrast to instrumentalists, questions about technique and craft are also difficult to answer. So it is no surprise that the image of the “maestro” continues to be one of the most intriguing phenomena in the world of classical music. Since the orchestra was founded, the Berliner Philharmoniker have worked together with the most important conductors, and they continue today to convey a colourful image of the most diverse interpretation and conducting styles with their musical director Sir Simon Rattle and renowned guest conductors from around the world.

Simon Halsey has worked closely together with Sir Simon for many years and witnessed at first hand many of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s rehearsal processes when he was chief conductor of the Berlin Rundfunkchor between 2001–2015. In a series of interviews, he has spoken to the conducting magicians of our time about their careers, their significant teachers, and the methods they employ for their analytical and emotional understanding of a score. There are also questions about the best baton technique and the balance of authority and collegiality when working with orchestral musicians. Among those interviewed are: Sir Simon Rattle and his teacher and mentor John Carewe; Zubin Mehta and Iván Fischer, who have been giving concerts with the Philharmoniker for decades; Paavo Järvi, whose Beethoven recordings are regarded as revolutionary; Andris Nelsons, a conductor of the younger generation who, in just a few years, has performed a broad repertoire with the orchestra, and Louis Langrée, who Halsey interviewed at the time of his debut with the Philharmoniker. The result of these conversations can be seen in our film Guardians of Unity. Music examples from the extensive archive the Digital Concert Hall complete this glimpse behind the scenes.

 

Photo Exhibition: The Power of Emotions

Opening: Thursday 17th October 2019, 5:30 pm
On view Until: 31st October 2019, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
At Salar Jung Museum, Salar Jung Rd, Hyderabad-500 002.

An exhibition by Ute and Bettina Frevert, organised by the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Germany, under the patronage of Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

THE POWER OF EMOTIONS

GERMANY 19 | 19
It would appear that our politics are increasingly dictated by emotions. This provides the context for the  exhibition The Power of Emotions. Germany 19 | 19 which historians Ute and Bettina Frevert composed together with the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Germany. It takes 20 emotions and their contemporary forms of expression as a starting point to portray continuities and discontinuities in the emotions that have dominated the past 100 years and whose intensity today present challenges for politics and society.

The exhibition is under the patronage of Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and is being shown all over the world in various languages in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Offi ce and the Goethe-Institut.

 
 
 

Indian Photography Festival: Slide Show Night and Film Screening

The Photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher  (Fotografen Bernd und Hilla Becher, Die) 

[Director: Marianne Kapfer, colour and b/w, 90 min., 2010]

 
Story-line/Plot: “When we noticed that industrial facilities were disappearing, we started recording this with the camera. We didn’t do anything else apart from this. We felt it was our duty.” Bernd and Hilla Becher are in their studio in Düsseldorf looking over their photographic creations from the last four decades: half-timbered houses, water towers, blast furnaces, winding towers, lime kilns, gas holders - structures from an industrial culture that has since become extinct. Black-and-white, soberly precise, always shot with grey backgrounds from a slightly raised position. The look of Becher pictures has been unchanged since the Sixties. 
 
Bernd Becher, born in 1931 in Siegen, originally used to draw and paint the cottages and mines threatened with demolition in the region around his hometown and in the neighbouring industrial areas. In 1957 he began to photograph industrial structures, since photography offered both greater precision and a more objective representation. After an apprenticeship as a stage painter, Bernd Becher studied typography at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1957. It was here that he met Hilla Wobeser. Born in Potsdam in 1934, she relocated to West Germany in 1954 after completing three years of training in a photographic studio and worked in Hamburg as a self-employed photographer. From 1958 onwards, she studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and was also in charge of its film processing lab. In 1959, Bernd and Hilla Becher started their combined career by photographing the ore mines and half-timbered buildings of the industrial region around Siegen, and later the industrial plants in the Ruhr area. They married in 1961. 
 
Hilla Becher describes their modest beginnings when she headed to Wales in a VW bus in 1966 with a young son and grandmother in tow in order to take photographs. “The mines were laid out like a string of pearls... But the whole thing was like a time-lapse process, that’s how quickly the structures were being torn down.” Trips to industrial areas in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the United States soon followed. 
 
The film follows a trail that traces the Bechers’ most important photographic periods and motifs: from their beginnings, including the half-timbered houses in Siegerland, the focal points of their first foreign trips in the Sixties such as the collieries in Wales or the furnaces in Lothringen, to the mines in the Ruhr area. Nowadays, an impeller wheel or an overturned blast furnace boiler standing in a green field is often the only reminder that coal was once mined, or steel smelted, here. Very few of the industrial sites that they photographed are still in operation today. A small number have survived as museums, such as the “Zollern 2” colliery in Dortmund. The Bechers have been photographing this colliery since 1969 and saved the machinery hall from destruction by means of a public campaign. Through their work, the Bechers have also helped to raise awareness of the preservation of industrial heritage. 
 
The Becher’s first solo exhibition took place in the Ruth Nohl bookstore and gallery in Siegen. Nowadays, their work is shown in the world’s great museums. They have received a number of prestigious art prizes such as the Erasmus Prize, which is awarded to persons or institutions that make an extremely important contribution in cultural, social or socio-scientific fields. Previous winners include Charlie Chaplin, Marc Chagall and Ingmar Bergman. According to art dealer Ruth Noh, “In the beginning, the Bechers never dreamed that they would win all these prizes. But they have performed a great service for humanity by taking all of these photographs.” 
 
“If you’ve got one winding tower, you want more,” explains Bernd Becher, looking over the tableaux of 3x5 photos of winding towers hanging in Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof contemporary art museum as part of an exhibition. “We’ve hung them side by side in order to show their diversity and complex shapes.” 
 
“My favourites are the blast furnaces because they’re the most difficult to photograph,” says Hilla Becher. “Sometimes we had to hoist the cameras up onto the towering steel furnaces with ropes.” In the film, the photographers shed light on their studio: their work, their motifs and their working methods. Why they only shoot in black-and-white, or why it’s sufficient to only take three photographs of a winding tower. Their preferred lighting conditions. How much trouble it can be to obtain permission to shoot. The negative experiences they’ve had to deal with. Their stories help to communicate the fascination that industrial sites hold over them, a fascination so strong they have dedicated their whole lives to these sites. 
 
In 1987, their son Max Becher filmed his parents during a trip they made through Pennsylvania to photograph grain elevators. His footage shows how the Bechers were forced to first cut down a tree in order to take a typically “Becher-esque” shot of a structure. 
 
“Bernd Becher can phone you at 6.30 in the morning to talk about the correct lens. This passion for photography was a huge inspiration for me,” says Thomas Struth about Bernd Becher, under whom he studied in the Seventies. Bernd Becher taught as a professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf for 20 years. Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff and Candida Höfer from the first generation of the “Becher school”, Jörg Sasse from the middle generation and, more recently, Laurenz Berges and Götz Diergarten - all internationally renowned photographers who studied under Becher - describe the influence the Bechers had on their own creative work and complement the picture of these two remarkable artists. 
 

 

LET’S TALK PODCASTS!

On the occasion of International Podcast Day, let’s get together to explore these questions and bounce around some answers. You’ll meet: Other podcast enthusiasts from the city, Folks curious about this exciting media form and Makers of podcasts.


Be there! Bring yourself, a smart phone and your earbuds, and listen in! 

 
 

Indian Photography Festival - IPF 2019

The Indian Photography Festival (IPF) - Hyderabad, a Not-For- Profit initiative of Light Craft Foundation, is an international photography festival, showcasing a wide range of photography from India and around the globe with a series of events, including talks and discussions, portfolio reviews, book launches, screenings & workshops. The IPF creates a platform for the professional and aspiring photographers, the photography lovers and the public where the festival promotes the art of photography at the same time address the social issues through the medium of photography.

 

This year we have a number of photobooks from Germany that will be showcased at the IPF

• Angelika Oetker-Kast / Germany - Cyprus Paradise

• Andreas Oetker-Kast / Germany - Tamar, Where Are You?

• Jenny Schafer / Germany - escalations escapations

• Robert Schlaug / Germany - What’s going on inside? Anonymous Industrial Buildings

• Kerstin Hehmann / Germany – ROXY

Please drop in if you’re in town!!! Details of Artist Talks, Workshops, Exhibitions & More at www. indianphotofest.com

 
 

Shrishti Emerging Palettes

Emerging Palettes is an annual art exhibition that provides a platform for Emerging Artists to showcase their work.  This is the 11th edition of the exhibition organized in collaboration with Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad.  Artists who have completed their master's degree in fine arts over the last four years applied to the program.  This year the artists for the exhibition have been selected by jury members including eminent artist Rajeswara Rao and Shrishti Art Gallery. 

Twelve artists were selected from more than 150 applications to the program. These artists will not only be part of Emerging Palettes 2019, but also 3 artists from this exhibition will have the opportunity to be part at a three member group exhibition in the following year at Shrishti Art Gallery.  These 3 artists will be able to showcase a larger body of their work.  

Participants this year: 

1. Akash Mohanbhai Bhoya from Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat.

2. David Malaker from Faculty of Visual Arts, Painting, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

3. Jayati Barai from S.N. School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad

4. Komal MIstri from Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat.

5. Manjunatha B from Bangalore University

6. Mausham Raj from Faculty of Fine Arts, The M.S. University, Baroda, Gujarat.

7. Mohd Intiyaz from Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi

8. Prashant Anil Kuwar from sir JJ school of arts Mumbai

9. Rajdeep Das from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, Visva Bharati University

10. Sarban Chowdhury from Govt. College of Art & Craft, Kolkata

11.  Sitikanta Samantsinghar from Amity school of fine arts, Amity University, Noida, U.P

12.  Suman Chandra from Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, Visva Bharati University

 

Opening: Saturday, 7th September 2019 at 6.30 pm

On View Until:  6th October 2019, from 11.00 am to 7.00 p.m.

Venue: Shrishti Art Gallery, Plot No. 267, Road No.15 Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad- 500033. 

 
 

Stammtisch: Oktoberfest Discussion

Wednesday, 4th September 11:30 am

Mediathek, GZH

The word Stammtisch is not easily translated into English but it means something like “regular’s table”. Literally speaking, the word Stammtisch is a table in a bar or restaurant which is reserved for the same guests at the same time every day or every week. GZH invites you to “your table” over a cup of tea and some snacks.

Our teachers who are always looking for fun ways to bring in a flavour of the german culture will moderate the session and bring in the fun german words that are contextual to Oktoberfest.

 

 
 
 

Film Screening: Crackle of Time

Catch the film screening of Knistern der Zeit (Crackle of Time) - Presented by Hyderabad Centre for Photography (HCP)

Date: 24th August 2019, 16:30 pm

Venue: HCP, State Gallery of Art, Madhapur

KNISTERN DER ZEIT
1h 46min | Documentary | 2012 | Director: Sibylle Dahrendorf

Christoph Schlingensief and his opera village in Burkina Faso.

 

Digital Concert Hall: Celebrating Zubin Mehta

In the spring of 2019, the Indian maestro Zubin Mehta was appointed to the small circle of honorary members of the Berliner Philharmoniker after being with the Orchestra for 50 years. The concurrent concert programme included works by Edgard Varèse and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, plus Peter Eötvös’s percussion concerto Speaking Drums. This edition of the DCH will feature both the interview as well as the concert.

 
 
 
 

German Movie Day: Almanya

German Movie Day on 31st July 2019 at 11:30 am

Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland (original title) 

1h 41min | Comedy, Drama | 10 March 2011 (Germany)

The story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.

 

Kunst-Markt: Art Mela

Kunst-Markt is an initiative by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad as it proudly celebrates its 15th year, to enable artists to come together and showcase, sell and interact with art enthusiasts hence make art accessible. It is a melting-pot of Art Creators and Art Consumers.


We are open to any medium, any age group of young or estabilished artists. To participate please apply at the earliest since artists will be chosen on first-come-first-serve basis subject to space and availability.

Event Date: 27th July 2019, 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Entry free and open to all!

 
 
 

Film Screening: Art Girls

Catch the film screening of Art Girls - Presented by Hyderabad Centre for Photography (HCP)

Date: 18th July 2019, 18:30 pm

Venue: HCP, State Gallery of Art, Madhapur

Art Girls (2013)

2h | Comedy, Drama, Romance | March 2013 (Germany)

Three women artists from Berlin collaborate on an exhibition sponsored by a biotech firm and end up being the first people to experience the fascinating symptoms of an evolutionary leap.

 

German Movie Night: After Spring Comes Fall

German Movie Night on 17th July 2019 at 6:30 pm

After Spring Comes Fall (2015) - Kafkanistan (original title)

1h 30min | Drama, Thriller, War | 21 October 2015 (Germany)

The feature film 'After Spring Comes Fall' tells the story of a young woman who tries to escape the turmoil of the Arab Spring.

 

Happy Birthday by Eva Kaufmann

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in collaboration with Saptaparni and Rangashankara proudly presents Eva Kaufmann's Happy Birthday!

It is Lisa’s birthday. At last – a mountain of colorful packets! Burning with curiosity, she unpacks them all – but what’s that? A crazy chicken! And what’s rattling in the next box? What a surprise! A jolly baby is grinning at her. But the sweet baby turns out to be a little pest. Lisa now doesn’t have a minute for herself anymore. She tries everything to calm down the small wild thing, but the baby does what babies do. The baby screams, parps, pees, poops and still wants to be entertained. But the more Lisa tries, the more goes wrong. What a beautiful mess! The baby has fun ..., the children have fun, too.

It is a zany play about being little and about being big, about children and their parents.

It’s a story about our desires, dreams and disappointments and about good and bad
surprises.

Elementary themes of the first years of childhood are packed into a clownesque
guise, so that big and small can laugh about themselves.

idea, acting: Eva Kaufmann
artistic cooperation: Alberto García Sánchez
interactive theatre with puppets and other props without words, but with sounds and music
duration: 40 min
for the whole family (3 years and older)

Eva Kaufmann

Born 1968, Austrian, living in Berlin, Germany. After her studies of psychology at Vienna she went to Berlin to study Puppetry at the acting academy “Ernst Busch”. 1998 she founded together with Alexandra Kaufmann und Melanie Sowa the group KASOKA – and later 2005 Kaufmann & Co. She worked with the best directors of her field, for example with Hans-Jochen Menzel, the director of the “Ernst-Busch”- Academy for puppet-theatre, with Francesca Bettini and Gyula Molnàr from Italy, one of the most important actors and directors of the emerging “Objekttheater”, with Pat van Hemelrijk from Belgium, Horst Hawemann, Yehuda Almagor and Alberto García Sánchez. Eva Kaufmann has been performing also at Deutsches Theater, Rennaisancetheater, Gorkitheater and Sophiensäle - well known Theatres in Berlin at Residenztheater Munich and at puppetry-festivals in Germany, Austria, Swisserland, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Dubai, Libanon and Israel. Since 2004 she has been working as a teacher at the academy “Ernst Busch”, directs several theatre groups and puppet-theatres and gives workshops in the field of puppettheater and objekttheater.

 

Environmental Enterprise and Leadership Workshops

Environmental Enterprise and Leadership Workshops for Students and Teachers

by Environmentalist Foundation of India

on 

5th, 6th July 2019

Environmentalist Foundation of India (E.F.I) is a biodiversity conservation and habitat restoration group, functioning with active projects in 15 locations across the country including Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The group functions with volunteers and focuses on involving many more citizens to join through our effective public outreach campaigns.

E.F.I announces two workshops that will be held at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad:

- E.F.I's leadership summit for students on 5th July

- E.F.I's leadership summit for teachers on 6th July

leveraging our skills and experience in environmental conservation.

Through a system of field exposure and collaborative learning, E.F.I will provide a base upon which participants can take action and manifest their vision for a better environment. E.F.I invites young and passionate Teachers, professionals and general nation-builders to participate and grow. Training topics include:
? Defining your purpose
? Understanding your environment
? Creating and mobilizing a community
? Stakeholder involvement and management
? Documentation and publicity
? City Planning
? Effective communication: following-up
? Creating a brand and shaping a culture

Resource Person: Arun Krishnamurthy
Date: 5th & 6th July, 9:30 AM – 3 PM
Venue: Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, 20 Journalist Colony, Banjara Hills
Seats Available: Students:80, Teachers: 50
Please register: http://bit.ly/EELWorkshop for more information or please contact Prestha.H (+91- 9003271716) or drop us an email at hprestha.efi@gmail.com

 
 
 

DECCAN BIRDERS TALK: Geology and role of a Geologist

Thursday 19 March, 6:30 pm

GZH Annexe

Geology and Role of Geologist with special reference to Geology and Mineral resources of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

By

Dr. G. Samuel Sukumar

Director (Geology) (Rtd)

Geologists work tirelessly in the field areas to discover mineral wealth which are essential needs of the nation. They apart from mineral wealth also work for geotechnical projects, medical, environmental and for tackling other societal problems.

“Rocks are the pages of earths history” Each rock formation reveals to us its origin which a geologist reads, measures and records. Based on their origin the possibility of minerals associated with them is explored.

Rocks are generally divided into Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic based on the conditions of formation. The primary igneous from the cooling of magma. The disintegration of the igneous rocks and their transportation which form the sedimentary rocks and the same sedimentary rocks upon temperature and pressure form metamorphic rocks.

Each of the three categories have mineral wealth which is useful to man. Depending upon the need these minerals they are explored and depending upon the quantity is taken up for mining. For example:

Kimberlites are the source rock for diamond. Pyroxenite with arsenopyrite and auriferous metabasalt for Gold, Bauxite for Aluminium, Basemetals like lead, Zinc, Copper- Chalcopyrite, Azurite and malachite, Magnetite, Haematite and Chromite of Iron and steel, White massive quartz for glass. Coal, Lignite and peat are non-renewable energy resources. Different types of Clays for ceramic, refractory and pottery. Hot water geysers for thermal energy. Fertilizer minerals- Apatite, gypsum and Phosphorite. Radioactive minerals from both land and beach sands and Rare earth elements which are used for nuclear and computer spare parts.

Andhra Pradesh has 25 types of vast mineral wealth found mostly in the Cuddapah Basin which covers almost ten districts. Most of these minerals are being exploited. Telangana has a vast resource of various types of granites, Limestone, low grade iron ore, copper, White quartz and Coal deposits.

The need-based exploration for minerals is taken up with planning using Photogeology and remote sensing a base map is made followed by field checks. Reconnaissance traverses, Pitting and trench sampling followed by Chemical analysis. The results are checked for possible mineral anomalies. The mineral resource of estimated and if found encouraging would be passed on the State Directorate of Mines and Geology for further mining and declaring of lease hold area.

Geologists are close to nature as they walk and explore inaccessible areas, they encounter wildlife, treacherous terrain and fellow humans. They always get an opportunity to see the birds, butterflies and both animals and reptiles in their natural environment. Most of the time we get a glimpse of these because they are more afraid of us. Rock ledges and caves are inhabited by birds and animals.

Unique Rocks are preserved and declared as National Geological Monuments in all the States of India where they are found.  Andhra Pradesh- Erramattibibalu at Visakhapatnam, The Eparchaean Unconformity and the Natural arch Tirumala, Baryte mines at Mangampeta Kadapa district. The Pillow lavas of Maradihalli, Peninsular Gneissic Complex of Lalbagh Bengaluru, Pyroclasitc rocks of Peddapalli Karnataka, Warakali Formation of Tiruvananthapuram, Laterite of Angadipuram Kerala. Karai badland, Petrified fossil wood parks of Tiruvakkarai and Satanur Tamil Nadu. All the above are filmed by the author as a documentary entitled “ROCK TREASURES” and can be seen on YouTube.

About the Speaker: Dr. G. Samuel Sukumar

Dr. G. Samuel Sukumar retired as the Director of Geology. He is a life member of the Federation of Indian Photography (FIP) and The Birdwatchers Society of Andhra Pradesh (BSAP) now renamed as the Deccan Birders. His hobbies include Gardening, Photography, Bird watching and wildlife, carpentry & Philately.

 

Germany's Renewable Energy

Germany's Renewable Energy

A tribute to Earth Day 2019!

Tuesday, 16 April 06:30 pm
GZ Annexe

It is predicted that the planet Earth will be completely devastated by 2050 if natural resources continue to be exploited at the current rate. “According to the scientists, in 50 years people will have to move to another planet, because life on Earth will be impossible”. This statement is from 2006. And in 2018 this prediction has been confirmed by the fact that the annual volume of renewable resources of the planet ended on August 1, 2018. Can we stop this huge conveyor? - It is difficult but possible. The key word in this mission is renewable resources.

On this Earth Day GZH brings to you a set of curated documentaries that show the renewable energy sector in Germany. The country is well known as "The world's first major renewable energy economy", and these films teach something new about green energy and its Renewable Energy Revolution, the so called “Energiewende”. 

 

ART PRACTICE: PEEP 2

PEEP 2 (Presenting End-to-End Practice)

Friday, 12 April – Monday, 22 April
11:00 am – 7:00 pm

At: Dhi Artspace, #7-1-54/C,
Dharam Karam Road, Ameerpet
Hyderabad – 500016
+ 91 80966 63907

Website: www.dhiart.com

PEEP 2 is the second edition of a project conceptualized and presented by Dhi Artspace. It is an open-studios concept where the artists meet and work together in residence for 10 days, and are encouraged to explore different art practices like sculpture, print making including woodcut, etching, lino cut or painting.

PEEP enables the artists to enhance, showcase their works and work along with other senior fellow artists. Their aim is to provide each artist a quality experience and an opportunity to enhance their without any limitations. At PEEP artists have no restrictions on their work. They are open to work in whichever medium or theme they want to. Besides, they can interact and collaborate with one another to enhance their work.

Panel discussions, Interactive sessions between Art professors and the artists, Film screening and Group discussions, they have it all to help the artists for future endeavors.

In collaboration with:

 

 

ART EXHIBITION: MORPHING MEMORIES

ART EXHIBITION: MORPHING MEMORIES
An exhibition of multimedia works by Kalpit Gaonkar
Curated by Lina Vincent

Opening: Wednesday, 10th April 06:30 pm
On view till 27 March, 10:00 am - 6:30 pm
Hamburg Hall, GZH

Kalpit Gaonkar’s research over the last five years has taken him closer to his roots in Southern Goa, exploring the ethos of his ancestral culture, and invoking different memories from objects and landscapes that are disappearing in current times. He is fascinated to study the past and listen to the stories which moulded contemporary lifestyles. In his works he takes (hi)stories and local myths, and constructs artistic channels which open doors to his unanswered questions; he investigates the relationship between past and present – producing experiential artefacts that elaborate on specific settings, and presents them in a universal context.

 

Kalpit Gaonkar

Kalpit Gaonkar completed Masters of Fine Arts (2015-17) at Sarojini Naidu School of Fine Arts and Communication, UOH, and BFA (2012-15) from Goa College of Art. He held his solo exhibition ‘Objects: Stories, Voices’ supported by Directorate of Art and Culture, Govt. of Goa (2017). He was selected for 2014-15 KochiMuzirisStudents Biennale. He participated in ‘GOOD FOOD’ – ARTPORT_making waves, Hyderabad Literary Festival -2018; “Trash Art” Public Art Project, with City Corporation of Panaji, Goa2013. He was selected in the 2013, 14, 15 and 17 Goa State Art exhibition and was part of 2017 Cima awards show. He has participated in several workshops and camps including Print Making Workshop by Directorate of Art & Culture, Goa In Memory of Krishna Reddy2014; National Bronze Casting Workshop by Kerala Lalit Kala Academy, 2015.

Lina Vincent

Lina Vincent is an art historian and curator with over 15 years’ experience in arts management. She is committed to socially engaged arts practices that reflect in multidisciplinary projects she has developed and participated in. Recent projects include ‘GOOD FOOD India’ -international arts program for environmental awareness; Story of Space, Art and Science festival, Goa; ‘Tabiyat: Medicine and Healing in India’ CSMVS Mumbai; & ‘Morphology of Archive: Connected Histories of Goa’, MOG, Goa. Lina is currently an IFA Museum Fellow with Goa Chitra museum, Goa and Chief Program Designer, Visual Art & Design for Sublime’s ARTEd, Bangalore. Lina has a BFA from Bangalore University and MFA in Art History from the same institution.

This exhibition is presented as a series of Earth's April to celebrate Earth Day on 22nd April 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

FILM SCREENING: BUT WHAT WAS SHE WEARING ?

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MARCH 

Synopsis: BUT WHAT WAS SHE WEARING ?

Sunday, 24th March 06:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

In the year 1992 Bhanwari Devi, an Indian social worker hailing from the Kumhar caste in rural Rajasthan was gang-raped by upper caste men for having the temerity to intervene and stop the child-marriage of an infant. The subsequent acquittal of the accused in connivance with the State machinery outraged India and galvanized women’s activism that led to the Vishaka Guidelines, and subsequently, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act in 2013. In this feature-length documentary shot by an all-women International crew, Director Vaishnavi Sundar juxtaposes the law on paper with the ground realities, through this first of its kind log of stories and experiences of over two dozen Indian women; tales of sexual violence that they face - from opulent corporate offices, to construction sites and manual scavenging - and their fight for justice against an obstinate patriarchal State. ‘But What Was She Wearing’ attempts to portray the impotence of this paper-law and the impossible odds Indian women are up against in pursuit of justice.

ABOUT VAISHNAVI SUNDAR

Vaishnavi Sundar is a writer and a self-taught filmmaker. Her interests lie in an odd mix of cinema, arts, and all things feminist.

Trailer - link

In collaboration with:

 

Stammtisch: Film Discussion

Wednesday, 20th March 11:30 am

Mediathek, GZH

The word Stammtisch refers "regular's table". It is a regular meeting where people discuss politics, philosophy or other topics.

This Stammtisch will entail a film component and students will be encourged to discuss their views about the film.

 

 

 

 

DECCAN BIRDERS TALK: FORESTS - DESTRUCTION AND HOPE

Tuesday, 19th March 06:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

The former composite Adilabad district, spread over an area of 16,000 sq km in the northern Telangana, once boasted of a fabulous green cover of about 45 per cent of its expanse. Having been ravaged by different sections of the society during the last four decades, these forests portray what ails environment today.

To reverse the trend of the wanton destruction of the environment, it is important to understand the gamut in the context of the pressures that the forests face. For example, finding out reasons or factors which result in decimation of forests would certainly help in stemming further destruction.

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: S. HARPAL SINGH

S. Harpal Singh is born and brought up in Adilabad district in northern Telangana which is known for an amazing range of biodiversity. He is currently working as Senior Assistant Editor with The Hindu based out of his home district.

For the last 17 years, he has travelled across the district as part of his work. His experiences resulted in extensive coverage on environmental issues.

In collaboration with:

 

 

DANCE TALK: KALAVANTHULA LIFEWORLDS: DANCE, SOCIAL HISTORY AND IDENTITY

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MARCH 

KALAVANTHULA LIFEWORLDS: DANCE, SOCIAL HISTORY AND IDENTITY  

Friday, 15th March 06:30 pm

Phoenix Arena, TSIIC Park, Opposite to HSBC Phase 2,  HITEC City, Hyderabad

This talk focuses on social history and dance performance in the Telugu-speaking kal?vantula-courtesan community of South India. The presentation features archival material about the community, and also the live performance of courtly dance and music repertoire by  YashodaThakore, herself a member of this community. The presentation considers how nationalism, caste politics, and other forces had a major role to play in what is called “devadasi reform” and that women and their own voices were largely left outside this debate. 

ABOUT YASHODA THAKORE

Yashoda Thakore is a practitioner of both Kuchipudi and the traditional repertoire of the hereditary women dancers (kalavantulu) of coastal Andhra Pradesh. She works relentlessly with women from the kalavantula community on the social, historical, and aesthetic aspects of their art, for she herself belongs to this community. She has performed and presented the kalavantula dance in academic contexts extensively throughout India, many parts of the USA, France, and Russia. Her doctoral research focused on the philosophical relationship between the bodily practices of dance and yoga, and this was published as the book Kaivalya: Joy in Yoga and Dance in 2014. She has recently completed the first full critical edition and translation of the thirteenth-century South Indian Sanskrit text Nrttaratnavali, which is being published by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. She is now faculty at the University of Silicon Andhra in California, where she teaches dance history, theory, and practice to graduate students. She was conferred the Bangalore Nagaratnamma Award in 2017 by the Samskruti Organization, Guntur, and the Ugadi Puraskaram in the same year by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

 

GENDER TALK: INTERROGATING PATRIARCHY

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MARCH

INTERROGATING PATRIARCHY

Essays on Contemporary Women Poets of India

Friday, 8th March 06:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

Interrogating Patriarchy: Essays on Contemporary Women Poets of India comes as a seminal work comprising well researched chapters on some of the lesser known as well as the more widely-read contemporary women poets who choose to write in English or regional languages, representing the voices of many states of India. The book explores and addresses some of the critical areas not yet attempted by critics or reviewers of poetry in Indian languages by women. A collection of 11 scholarly essays, one interview-essay and an interview, Interrogating Patriarchy offers perspectival variances on poems celebrated on digital as well as print platforms. The book will certainly provide fresh insights into the reading and critiquing of poems written by women in 21st century India. It will also facilitate and enrich the critical experiences of reader, scholars, researchers as well as students of literature, feminist theories, gender studies and cultural dynamics.

Join us at GZH on this Women’s day for an evening of Readings from the book “Interrogating Patriarchy” by Rajshree Trivedi, Jameela Nishat, Volga and Humera Ahmed who will read poems and talk about the book followed by a panel discussion moderated by Vasanth Kannabiran.  

In collaboration with:

 

ART EXHIBITION: THE Y SCRIPT FOR NON-PERSON

The show titled ‘The Y script for non-person’ showcases a body of works on paper in drawings and woodcut prints along with an installation of clay figures.

The works bring in the visible and invisible divisions and separations that exist. A person is surrounded by self-contradictory constructions within and without oneself. Such contradiction is seen in the boders, the structure to support barb wires is in the shape of Y and Y as a letter stands for why, the artist thinks that the boundary itself is then questioning its own existence. It stands in a conversation with the landscape and surroundings.

  

ABOUT NAINI ARORA

Naini Arora is a visual media based artist working in drawings, handmade prints, photography and clay. She is a doctoral candidate at CEH, IIIT Hyderabad. Her research revolves around practice and theory with focus on photography. She has held exhibitions at national and international venues recent being, her participation at India week 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. She facilitates courses and projects at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. 

Opening: Thursday, 7th March 06:30 pm

On view till 27th March, 10:00 am - 6:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

 

 

Digital Concert Hall: Damen mit Flügeln

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MARCH 

Digital Concert Hall: Damen mit Flügeln

Saturday, 2nd March 06:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

Explores the powerful history of women who have played the piano and raised the standards of performance to unprecedented levels. Although just a handful of them have been heard and recorded, they bear testimony to the power of human will when the odds seem to appear greater. 

Clara Haskil, Martha Argerich, Mitsuko Uchida, Myra Hess and Yuja Wang are just a few among an echelon of keyboard virtuosos who will turn your idea of music making upside down. 

Be prepared to be amazed by dazzling virtuosity from the some of the most renown pianists of our time. 

 

German Movie Night: Victoria

 

Victoria (2015)

15 | 2h 18min | Crime, Drama, Romance | 1 April 2016 (UK)

A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

This film will be screened at the newly inaugurated the redeveloped quaint little house across the main building known as the GZH Annexe 

Entry Free and Open to All!

 

 
 
 
 

EXHIBITION: FORESTS AND GARDENS OF SOUTH INDIA

FORESTS & GARDENS OF SOUTH INDIA

The Cleghorn Collection of Botanical Drawings

Curated by Henry Noltie

February 14th – March 01st

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in collaboration with DakshinaChitra Museum & Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh is delighted to present an Exhibition of Drawings: “Forests & Gardens of South India: The Cleghorn Collection of Botanical Drawings”. The exhibition contains reproductions of watercolour drawings in the collection of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the text and captions are by Dr. Henry Noltie, who curated the first showing of the drawings in Edinburgh in 2010.

   

HUGH CLEGHORN AND HIS ARTISTS

This exhibition was first shown in 2010 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), Scotland, where the original drawings are one of the treasures of the library. The drawings were commissioned from several Indian artists by Hugh Cleghorn (1820–1895), the first Conservator of Forests for the Madras Presidency. Because the exhibition of nineteenth-century work the old name for Chennai, 'Madras', will be used throughout, which is to be understood in an historical context.

In 1856 Cleghorn was appointed by Lord Harris, Governor of Madras, to the new post of Conservator of Forests. Prior to a second home leave in September 1860 Cleghorn established a forest conservancy system in Madras, and undertook three extensive Forest Tours, accompanied by Govindoo. After his return to India in 1861 the remaining six years of Cleghorn’s career were spent working on forestry largely in northern India in collaboration with Dietrich Brandis. For a time he acted as Inspector-General of Forests and he has been considered to be the founder of Forest Conservancy in India.

This exhibition is devoted to drawings from the periods 1845–7 and 1852–9. The title is taken from a book that Cleghorn published in London in 1861 and reflects the two major sources of his botanical subjects and interests.

FORESTS OF SOUTH INDIA

‘Forests’ is taken in a wide sense, to represent the wild habitats from which Cleghorn had native plants drawn. During his first two spells in the Madras Presidency he experienced a wide range of such habitats. The Western Ghats, even today, are thickly covered with evergreen forest, with an annual rainfall of up to 3000 mm largely during the summer monsoon. To the east of the hills is a plateau at around 900 metres – this is much drier (the annual rainfall of Mysore is 780 mm), but extensively used for agriculture, with scrub vegetation especially on the numerous rocky hills that dot its surface. Cleghorn got to know these habitats in the 1840s, from: the undulating plateau of the Mysore, the primeval forests of Coorg and Malabar, where European furniture cracks and warps, and the Malabar ghauts, where in the south-west monsoon the lancet, in pocket, coats with rust.

During this time his un-named ‘Marathi’ artist, probably recruited in Shimoga, drew native species and some of the common agricultural crops.

After returning to India from Britain in 1851, Cleghorn was based in Madras, which has a rather limited flora. He lived at St Thomé beside the sandy beach south of Fort St George, and investigated sand-binding plants for the Government. Close at hand were the mangroves of the Adyar River, the dry deciduous forest of Guindy Park (then the Governor’s country house), and salt marshes to the north of Madras. Species of these habitats were drawn for him by Mooroogasen and Rungasawmy. After becoming Conservator of Forests 1856, his tours took Cleghorn to teak and sal forests of the Northern Circars of Andhra Pradesh, to his earlier stamping grounds of North Canara and the Western Ghats, also to the Malabar Coast of what is now Kerala and the high hills of Tamil Nadu – the Nilgiris and Anamallais. Some of the species of these habitats were drawn for him by Govindoo.

GARDENS OF SOUTH INDIA

Cleghorn took a deep interest in the exotic plants that in the mid-nineteenth century were flooding into Indian gardens from all over the world, especially from South America and Australia. Some – such as timber trees, including acacias and eucalypts, and food plants such as Tacca and yams – were grown for potential economic benefit; others such as the mauve-flowered jacaranda were purely ornamental.

Henry Noltie is a Research Associate of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where he worked as a taxonomist and curator from 1986 to 2017. His taxonomic work focussed on the monocots of the Sino-Himalayan region, which led to an interest in the history of the Garden’s rich Indian collections. He has written extensively on the botanical drawings made by Indian artists for Scottish East India Company surgeons. Among his works on Indian botanical art are in-depth monographs on East India Company botanists Robert Wight, Hugh Cleghorn, and Alexander Gibson.

Opening: Thursday 14 February, 6:30 PM 

Keynote Lecture: Curatorial Talk by Dr. Henry Noltie

followed by

Uzramma, Botanical Inspirations for Malkha

On View until: 01 March 2019

10:00 am – 6:30 pm
At: Hamburg Hall, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad,

20 Journalist Colony, Banjara Hills

 

 

GZH at HLF: Exhibtion Women* in Public Spaces in Hyderabad’

Hyderabad Public School; Begumpet Campus

Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is an annual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. HLF is a multi-disciplinary, multi-lingual event that draws over a hundred writers, artistes, academics, scholars, publishers from India and abroad each year.

Started in 2010, the Festival has emerged as an important event in the cultural calendar of the country. It represents the rich and cosmopolitan ethos of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, as well as the vibrant culture of the modern Cyberabad.

HLF is a Festival for All. Its programme includes talks, conversations, panel discussions, readings, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, cultural programmes and events for college students and school children.

Guest Nation: China

Indian Language in focus: Gujarat

The Festival is FREE and open to ALL.

Visit: www.hydlitfest.org

www.facebook.com/LitfesHhyd

GZH at HLF

By Helena Dahms, Katja Lanius and Ksenia Disterhof

In the context of the uprising #metoo movement in India, the exhibition ‘Women* in Public Spaces in Hyderabad’ wants to give an impulse to think about how women* experience the city as well as question internalized gender norms, self-regulation and social power structures in patriarchal society.

The multimedia exhibition pursues the issue of how women* experience Hyderabad in their daily lives, which strategies they develop to navigate public spaces, what restricts their access and hence their social participation and how they fight to (re)claim their city as should be their fundamental right as citizens.

The exhibition introduces the visitor to the portraits of various young women* from Hyderabad, who are talking about their struggles and concerns navigating the city as well as their visions for a future Hyderabad where they can exist as a human being, exactly the way they want to be. These individual perspectives are embedded in a broader social context by a short film, which brings together the thoughts of different local activists and professionals on the issue of women* in public spaces in Hyderabad.

About the Exhibitors

Katja Lanius studies literature and film in Berlin with a focus on gender and sexuality. She has been involved in different projects which aim for a greater visibility of the marginalized perspectives and experiences of especially women* and queer people.

Helena Dahms began to study social work in 2014. After going through different fields such as social service for the elderly and psychosocial counselling for families, she decided to focus her study on empowering processes of marginalized groups in society.

Ksenia Disterhof is about to finish her M.A. in Media studies at the university of Vienna. Since the beginning of her studies she dedicated herself to the medium of photography which she recognizes as a tool to make the invisible visible and tangible. Photography, for her, has the potential to touch people and provoke reflections on political perspectives and social issues.

 

 

GZH at HLF: STAGE TALK by Sita Reddy, Henry Noltie, Rizio Yohannan & Lina Vincent The Weight of a Petal: Ars Botanica

Hyderabad Public School; Begumpet Campus

Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is an annual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. HLF is a multi-disciplinary, multi-lingual event that draws over a hundred writers, artistes, academics, scholars, publishers from India and abroad each year.

Started in 2010, the Festival has emerged as an important event in the cultural calendar of the country. It represents the rich and cosmopolitan ethos of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, as well as the vibrant culture of the modern Cyberabad.

HLF is a Festival for All. Its programme includes talks, conversations, panel discussions, readings, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, cultural programmes and events for college students and school children.

Guest Nation: China

Indian Language in focus: Gujarat

The Festival is FREE and open to ALL.

Visit: www.hydlitfest.org

www.facebook.com/LitfesHhyd

GZH at HLF

STAGE TALK by Sita Reddy, Henry Noltie, Rizio Yohannan & Lina Vincent

The Weight of a Petal: Ars Botanica

For the first time in its 73-year history, Marg magazine – India’s oldest art journal – devotes a special issue to the topic of botanical art. This visually rich volume pulls together multiple genres of botanical art to trace a broad historical arc from archives to contemporary works; from Mughal-era illuminated manuscripts that identify medicinal plants to colonial-era drawings and watercolour paintings that map regional flora.

Throughout, the aim is to highlight lesser-known, unnamed indigenous artists in what has been called the ‘Company School’/Kampani kalam style of art – in an effort to speak to the decolonization debates in archival, museum and heritage worlds.

 

Panelists:     Sita Reddy (Guest editor)

                      Henry Noltie (lead essayist)                                                

                      Rizio Yohannan (Marg magazine)           

                      Lina Vincent (curator)                                                        

                      Meena Subramaniam (artist)

 

GZH at HLF: EXHIBITION CURRATED BY LINA VINCENT “Microcosm: Macrocosm”

Hyderabad Public School; Begumpet Campus

Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is an annual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. HLF is a multi-disciplinary, multi-lingual event that draws over a hundred writers, artistes, academics, scholars, publishers from India and abroad each year.

Started in 2010, the Festival has emerged as an important event in the cultural calendar of the country. It represents the rich and cosmopolitan ethos of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, as well as the vibrant culture of the modern Cyberabad.

HLF is a Festival for All. Its programme includes talks, conversations, panel discussions, readings, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, cultural programmes and events for college students and school children.

Guest Nation: China

Indian Language in focus: Gujarat

The Festival is FREE and open to ALL.

Visit: www.hydlitfest.org

www.facebook.com/LitfesHhyd

GZH at HLF

EXHIBITION CURRATED BY LINA VINCENT

“Microcosm: Macrocosm” – International printmaking portfolio 

The concept Micro/Macrocosm is directed towards tapping into the vastness of perception that relates us to each other and to the universe. It dwells on connections beyond borders, and personal as well as collective stories that map elements of the microcosm and macrocosm. The array of prints from artists of 13 nations represent visually and conceptually rich responses to the theme of interdependence which is most representative of our need in times of global conflict, separation and environmental destruction. Just as we are specks of life making up miniscule parts of the universe, so also our art practices need to unite us beyond differences and bring us together as a community

 
 

Photo Exhibition Marvels of Humans by Sameer Tawde

The Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is delighted to present the Photo exhibition - “Marvels of Humans”. This exhibition is presented by Krishnakriti Festival 2019 in collaboration with UP Gallery, Hsinchu City, Taiwan at the Hamburg Hall. The Opening is on Saturday, 05 January 2019, at 5:00 pm. The exhibition will be on view until 16th January 2019.


Marvels of Humans
The exhibition consists of works from 2016-2018 and a turning point of Tawde’s artistic practice marking a slight turn from pure documentary.
Dialogues of an Introvert and Holy Boulevard have been exhibited together for the first time at the UP Gallery in HInshi City, Taiwan, to demonstrate the artist’s ability to delve into subject matters with a unique approach. The former work explores the social context, political power, surreal daydreams and personal feelings through props and staged angles. These complex themes that surround the human mind are dissected under the artist’s photographs and presented in a manner foreign to the eye and our instincts.
The latter work, which are the artist’s most recent creations include both photographs and moving images. A method more akin to staged photography, Tawde installs expanded polystyrene (eps) packaging material that he actively collects from large scale trash centers in Dharavi, Mumbai on to ocean surfaces and allows them to drift along with the tide. The seemingly calm and picturesque scenes are in fact representing “artificial monuments” creating a contradiction in the mind of the viewer as this highly toxic and non-biodegradable waste in the form of a utopian scene draws out the problems of consumerism and its relationship with our current environment.
These ongoing themes are the main focus of artists today; yet under Tawde’s unconventional approach, humour and beauty is extracted and depicted through these works. They provide a new perspective for us humans to marvel at what can be viewed as creations of our own making.

Sameer Tawde 
Sameer Tawde is a visual artist and photographer, currently based out of Mumbai, India. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in India and abroad at Museums, Photography Biennial and film festivals. In 2013 and 2014, he was invited for an artist residency at the FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, Japan and MUSEUM QUAI BRANLY, Paris. In 2012, he was nominated for the Paul Huf Award. His work largely involves humour and play with a fictional approach and is often interlaced with a documentary and an imaginary eye. Presently, his photographs are part of collections internationally in Museums and private art collectors.
 

Opening: Saturday 05 January, 5:00 PM
On View until: 16 January 2019
10:00 am – 6:30 pm
At: Hamburg Hall, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad,
20 Journalist Colony, Banjara Hills
 

 
 
 

German Movie Night| Der junge Marx

Karl Marx turned 200 this year! He was born in Trier 1818, that's why 2018 is "das Karl Marx Jahr". To learn some more things about the German philosopher who changed the world in so many ways, we will watch the Movie "Der junge Marx" together in December. 


DER JUNGE MARX \ THE YOUNG KARL MARX
1h 48min | Biography , Drama , History| 2017 | Raoul Peck

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist's son, who investigated the sordid birth of the British working-class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx's new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police's repression, riots and political upheav-als, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.

 

ART PERFORMANCE |CRUX

By Koeli Mukherjee Ghose

Exhibition of Recent works on Canvas by Koeli Mukherjee Ghose is yet another tryst with lines; bold and dark outlining the pulse of movements and form. Engrossed to reconcile the static colour- fields and the dynamic lines. While this goes on in the visual aspect of engagement, the feminine quotient comes centre stage in  her yogic approach to settle conflicting forces within and around; This raises it's determined head at the contextual level.

Couple of years back at an exhibition of an artist friend, we were discussing why women of all ages are seen busy in his paintings with various chores.

Tying the gender to relentless commitment to chores is such an innocent sighting that we are unwilling to see it as a form of violence, this underlines a conscientious Crux to the series.

About the Artist: Koeli Mukherjee Ghose

Born on 14th May 1967, Kolkata, is an art historian and curator.

An artist herself, she set up ImageKraft Studios in 2009 in Hyderabad with a group of professionals for facilitating exhibitions, documentation and research of Indian art. Koeli has been a member of the General Council of Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. Presently she is an Apex Committee member, NGMA and member of Advisory Board, Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

Koeli studied in Gokhale Memorial Girls High School, Kolkata till 1986 and went to Santiniketan to study Fine Arts in the same year. She received her degree of the BFA, with specialization in painting from Visva Bharati, Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in the year 1991.

She went to Delhi and worked as an Art teacher in Ryan International School from 1992 to 1995. Worked in Art India, Delhi as designer of communication material.

Koeli worked as an artist in residence in the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy from 1995 to 2001: Sketches and art works for instructive publications and learning kits, conducted creative sessions in the Special School, Adult leisure and learning unit and OPD, for the special children. Conducted workshop with the special educators for creativity in special education

Opening: Monday, 10 December    6:00 PM 
On view till 19 December, 09:30 AM - 6:30 PM
At: Hamburg Hall, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

OPEN TO ALL- ENTRY FREE

 

JAZZ CONCERT | TUBES & WIRES

 

Niels Klein (Clarinets, Effects) | Lars Duppler (Rhodes, Synthesizers)

Hanno Busch (Guitar, Bass) | Ralf Gessler (Drums)
 

The Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is delighted to present Niels Klein’s quartet Tubes & Wires at the Phoenix Arena in Hyderabad on Sunday, 09 December 2018, at 7:00 pm. This concert is one of ten performances on a tour that spans India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Niels Klein’s quartet Tubes & Wires is not your everyday line-up. With Lars Duppler on e-piano and synthesizers, Hanno Busch on guitar and bass, Ralf Gessler on drums, and the bandleader on various clarinets, Klein presents forceful rock music that is played with the attitude of jazz musicians when it comes to instrumental technique. Saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Klein named his band and new CD somewhat jokingly Tubes & Wires. ‘Tubes’ stands for the various clarinets that Klein plays and ‘Wires’ represents the many electronic, analogue and digital devices that connect with cables and drive his ‘effect clarinets’.

Klein’s Tubes & Wires quartet in fact sounds as if he, together with his band mates, transported Joe Zawinul’s motto for the 1970s group Weather Report, ‘We always solo, we never solo,’ into the present for contemporary improvisers from Europe. Klein explains, ‘I step back from the position of a soloist, and act with my effect clarinets more like an electronic ‘wind organ’. My band mates offer a flexible set of instruments that consists of guitars, basses, keyboards and drums in order to create a strange analogue-electric sound.’

There are several reasons for the strangely diffuse sound of Tubes & Wires; since each musician in Klein’s quartet takes on different functions with their various instruments, it is easy to transcend stylistic borders, to stretch the improvisations beyond the limits of tonality and combine elements from the sound and groove into a collage made up of jazz, rock, pop, funk and club culture. Generally, there aren’t any digital derivatives in use but real, analogue instruments. For example, Lars Duppler plays a ‘real’ synthesizer and since there happened to be a harmonium around the studio, Duppler took its sound and incorporated it into the band, while Hanno Busch connected his guitars and his bass to an array of sound pedals. Tension from the drum set is infused into the rhythmic foundation of the band. For Tubes & Wires, Klein serves not just as the classic bandleader, but rather as a guiding spirit. On an ad hoc basis he manages how the various sound levels are put together or separated, which phrases are played at what points and decides which facets of his collage will take the limelight at what time. With his ‘effect clarinets’ he conducts the flow of ideas in an impromptu manner; he is in the thick of the action and on an equal footing with his musicians. Despite the musical profundity, Klein’s compositions are infused with a sense of humour.

For additional information about Niels Klein, please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/niels.klein.902

For registration please write to: 

 

SEMINAR| SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT THE WORK-PLACE

From Silence and Shame to Right to Work with Dignity.

By Vindhya Undurti

In this presentation Vindhya Undurti will focus on how sexual harassment at the workplace got recognized as a gender-specific form of violence, human rights violation, and as a workplace issue. I will cover the myths and facts associated with this issue, evolution of sexual harassment legislation in our country, and the key features of the recently enacted Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act (2013).

About Vindhya Undurti

U. Vindhya, Ph.D., a Professor of Psychology, is currently with the School of Gender Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad campus. Her research concerns are located in the broader field of gender studies, and in the interface of psychology and feminism in particular, focusing on gender-based violence, women’s mental health, and the psychology of women’s political activism.

Tuesday, 4th December

06:00 pm Hamburg Hall, GZH,

OPEN TO ALL- ENTRY FREE

 

Women* in Public Spaces in Hyderabad’

By Helena Dahms, Katja Lanius and Ksenia Disterhof

In the context of the uprising #metoo movement in India, the exhibition ‘Women* in Public Spaces in Hyderabad’ wants to give an impulse to think about how women* experience the city as well as question internalized gender norms, self-regulation and social power structures in patriarchal society.

The multimedia exhibition pursues the issue of how women* experience Hyderabad in their daily lives, which strategies they develop to navigate public spaces, what restricts their access and hence their social participation and how they fight to (re)claim their city as should be their fundamental right as citizens.

The exhibition introduces the visitor to the portraits of various young women* from Hyderabad, who are talking about their struggles and concerns navigating the city as well as their visions for a future Hyderabad where they can exist as a human being, exactly the way they want to be. These individual perspectives are embedded in a broader social context by a short film, which brings together the thoughts of different local activists and professionals on the issue of women* in public spaces in Hyderabad.

About the Exhibitors

Katja Lanius studies literature and film in Berlin with a focus on gender and sexuality. She has been involved in different projects which aim for a greater visibility of the marginalized perspectives and experiences of especially women* and queer people.

Helena Dahms began to study social work in 2014. After going through different fields such as social service for the elderly and psychosocial counselling for families, she decided to focus her study on empowering processes of marginalized groups in society.

Ksenia Disterhof is about to finish her M.A. in Media studies at the university of Vienna. Since the beginning of her studies she dedicated herself to the medium of photography which she recognizes as a tool to make the invisible visible and tangible. Photography, for her, has the potential to touch people and provoke reflections on political perspectives and social issues.

 

 

DAAD SESSION

Seminar on Studying in Germany and VISA processing

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is organizing an information seminar in collaboration with German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Chennai and German Consulate General in Chennai.

DAAD Session by
Mr. Johannes Wenzel,
Honorary Director DAAD
&
VISA Session by
Mrs. Wegener,
Head of Visa Section

Our aim is to promote academic co-operation worldwide, especially through the exchange of students, scholars, academics, and scientists.

 

SPRECHSTUNDE | Art & Science of Relationship

By Dr.Sujata Potay

M.Phil. Cl. Psych. (NIMHANS, Bengaluru)

Relationship & Self-Actualization Coach,

Transpersonal Psychotherapist

After two happy learning sessions in September and October we present to you the third of these 90-minute Experiential and In-teractive Seminars called Art and Science of Relationship. The seminars aim at harnessing self-awareness and personal growth.

About Dr. Sujata Potay
Sujata Potay maintains a private practice in Hyderabad as a Transpersonal Psychotherapistand Relationship Coach. For over 26 years, Sujata has guided over 14000 couples & individuals to work with inter-personal and marital conflict as a path to self-discovery, self-mastery & living one’s highest purpose.


For more details: http://www.inner-horizons.com
 

 

BOOK READING|Land Spielen

Land Spielen by Daniel Mezger

A young family – two adults, three children - moves to the countryside. Exhausted by the intense city life, the adults hope for a new beginning – for the family as well as for their relationship
Daniel would be reading out from his novel with some background music that he has composed himself.
 
About Daniel Mezger
Daniel Mezger studied acting at the Berne University of Music and Theatre and worked several years at the theatres in Göttingen, Germany. Since 2004 he lives and works as a writer, actor and musician in Zurich.
 
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PANEL DISCUSSION | Bridging the Gender Gap At The Workplace

The World Economic Forum reports that of 142 countries, 68 increased their gender gap score over the past year while 74 countries went backward. Meanwhile, India ranked 108th in the world Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index primarily due to less participation of women in the economy and low wages. Not just this, India also ranked 131st among 188 nations in the UND-P Human Development Report 2016. A major factor dragging down India’s development indicators has been cited as the huge gender inequalities rooted in the lack of empowerment of women. Apart from the personal space of a home, a common public domain where this gender inequality plays out is the workplace.

A multi sectoral dialogue and discussion organised by Gender At Work India, the moderated panel discussion, featuring eminent speakers from the corporate, government, academia, and media sectors, will highlight the complex challenges and bias faced by working women in India owing to the discriminatory gender practices and policies of organizations while striving to come up with innovative, collaborative and sustainable solutions, strategies and best practices to bridge the gap and promote gender equity and inclusion in the workplace. The aim is to provide a platform for diverse stakeholders to come together to engage, deliberate and brainstorm on ways to change the gender status quo and be an active game changer in this social movement against gender inequality.

Panel Members:

Shobha Dixit, Chairwoman of CII-IWN and Director, Alpla India
Dr. Ujithra Ponniah, Assistant Professor at Tata Institute of So-cial Sciences
Vaishnavi Sundar, Independent Filmmaker & Owner, Women Making Films and Lime Soda Films
Vijay Padmanabhan, Director and Head of Global SSC, Invesco


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ABOUT GENDER AT WORK
Founded in New Delhi in January 2015, Gender at Work India (www.genderatwork.org/india) is an affiliate of Gender at Work, an international network of gender experts and practitioners who work to build cultures of equity and inclusion with focus on women’s empowerment and gender equality. They work on or-ganizational change and gender equality at individual, organizational and systemic levels.
 

 

GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL | For Children

This November we bring to you the finest Children’s films for our little audience and what better way to start the celebrations than on Children’s day!
Organised in collaboration with the Telangana Department of Language and Culture.

RICO, OSKAR UND DER DIEBSTAHLSTEIN 

2016 •Crime/Adventure • 1h 34m • English Subtitles

Amateur detectives Rico and Oskar are back! This time they’re on the tail of a couple of thieves who have made off with a piece from a precious stone collection and are on their way to the Baltic coast.

 

TIMM THALER ODER DAS VERKAUFTE LACHEN 

2017• Drama/Fantasy • 1h 42m • English Subtitles

The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter inexchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil, how he loses his soul bit by bit with each win.

 

OSTWIND. AUFBRUCH NACH ORA 

2017• Adventure/Family • 1h 50m • English Subtitles

Mika and her horse Ostwind travel to Andalucia in Spain where she hopes to find the roots of her beloved horse.

 

LATERNENLAUFEN| Lantern Parade for children

Laternelaufen which translates to “Walking with lanterns” is a German tradition called St. Martin’s Day which falls on the 11th of November where children walk along the streets holding colourful, often self-made lanterns. Saint Martin was a Roman soldier who later became a monk. The most famous legend about him is that he had once cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snow storm, to save the poor man from the cold. In Germany often the Kindergarten’s help their children create their own beautiful Lanterns and then set out on a walk with the kids through the dark nights with glowing Lanterns reminding them of the greatest virtue of St.Martin: KINDNESS

During the month of our own festival of lights, Come let’s make some lanterns and go on a ‘Lantern parade’ together!!

 

ART EXHIBITION |Traversing empirical spaces

Traversing empirical spaces by Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan 

OPENING: 9 November, 6:30 PM

ON VIEW: 9 –  17 NOVEMBER

About the Exhibition

"Truths, pitched between amnesia and recovery, form the template which informs and underpins the tropes of transition in Vijay’s artistic consciousness. It entails decoding the ‘past’ as a dynamic omnipresence where the internal rhythm of the overlapping of spaces – historical, cultural, architectural and futuristic orchestrate a digitised, visual raga.  This legacy of pre and post-meditation on the polyphony of artistic language, diffused through the hybrid dialogue between the East and the West, opens up possibilities to deconstruct memories of empirical spaces which are personally singular but culturally plural through the synthesis of photography, painting, drawing, QR bars, digital art and videos.  Moreover, the import of space is brought out through diptych, polyptych and variable dimensions. To absorb the maddening pace of polarisation between fissure and fusion of today’s post-modern time, impervious to remembrance and reclamation, Vijay’s is Mallarmean in rendering all into a cultural receptacle generating further discourse on the dynamics of aesthetic trajectory."

Sudeep Ghosh, Art Critic21st October, 2018

 

 

About the Artist

Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan (*1981) was born in Madurai, India, he is a painter and video artist whose work explores the conceptual metaphorical between the self and the society. According to art critic Sudeep Ghosh has been described about his works “A symphony of Anesthesia – synesthesia is crafted by an omniscient narrator mediating between epistemology and ontology, as traditional and digital get moulded in unison.’’ To see more of his work, visit http://vijaysvhavan.wixsite.com/vija

 

 

 

GERMAN MOVIE DAY | Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

Director: Wim Wenders, Drama/Fantasy, 130 min, 1987
Summary: Two Angels wander the streets of Berlin, invisible to humans but yet comforting them. After many centuries one of the angels falls in love with a human and wishes to be mortal

 
 

German Movie Night: Lila Lila

David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller the real author introduces himself in his life and begins to take-over David's life. 

English title - My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)

Director: Alain Gsponer| 1h 44min | Comedy , Drama , Romance | 17 December 2009 (Germany)

 
 

Wolfgang Haffner & Band

The Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is delighted to present Wolfgang Haffner & Band at the Park Hyatt Hyderabad on Wednesday, 24 October 2018, at 7:00 pm. This concert is one of ten performances on a tour that spans India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Wolfgang Haffner is one of Europe’s most prolific jazz drummers and composers. His illustrious career started at the age of 18 when he was discovered by legendary German trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff. He has played with some of the best known German and international jazz musicians across generations and has garnered enormous international success.

 

The extensive list of musicians he has played, recorded and toured with includes Chaka Khan, Al Jarreau, Pat Metheny, The Brecker Brothers, Ivan Lins, Jan Garbarek, Gregory Porter, Michael Franks, Roy Ayers, Bugge Wesseltoft, The Manhattan Transfer, Nils Petter Molvaer, Esbjörn Svensson, Till Brönner, Cassandra Wilson, Clark Terry, Johnny Griffin, Nils Landgren, Mike Stern, Chuck Loeb, Konstantin Wecker, Die Fantastischen Vier, to name just a few. Wolfgang also collaborates with heavy weights of the electronic music scene such as Ricardo Villalobos & Nightmares on Wax.

He can be heard on about 400 albums, has played all major Jazz Festivals around the world, toured in 100 countries – from Japan to the US and from South Africa to Brazil. He has recorded 16 solo albums and has made a name for himself as a producer of bands like Mezzoforte and German singer Max Mutzke.

 

In 2010 & 2018 he received an ECHO award, followed by the cultural award from his hometown Nuremberg in Germany. In 2017 the city of Baden-Baden awarded him the “Joachim-Ernst-Berendt-Ehrenpreis".

In 2015, his album Kind of Cool (ACT Records) went to #1 in the Jazz charts, and stayed on the German top 100 pop album charts for 5 weeks. The latest album of his band, Kind of Spain (ACT Records), was released in 2017 and will be featured extensively on this tour.

 

For additional information about Wolfgang Haffner, please visit:

www.wolfganghaffner.de

www.facebook.com/wolfganghaffnerdrums

 

For information, images and interviews, please contact Jyothi Bezawada:

E: jyothi.bezawada@goethe-hyderabad.org

C: 7032911980

 

 

Life of Birds - Fishing for a Living

A look at the natural history of birds, narrated by David Attenborough. In this programme, a focus on the remarkable variety of aquatic birds, from ducks, kingfishers and penguins to one of the most bizarre birds of the series, the shoebill.

 

CURATORIAL WORKSHOP Telling A Story: Curating as a ‘history’ and ‘culture’ of exhibiting and preserving by Anja Ellenberger

Ever since the 16th century museums emerged as collection spaces for cultural and artistic artefacts. As for Europe, everything started from aristocratic or clerical 'chambers of wonders' and a 'curator' is the one who 'takes care of' these with certain (international) ethics and norms.

However, the field of what a curator does and how he or she defines his or her role has extended. Apart from museum curators, you may find a huge variety of possible curatorial fields. There are galleries and artist-run spaces, art fairs and festivals. There are profit and non-profit, public and private art spaces. And for years there has been a tendency even to declare, that curating is an art of its own.

What are the differences and similarities between these phenomena in India and Germany and the way that exhibitions and collections may reflect cultural phenomena of their time?

About the Artist :

Anja Ellenberger studied art history, media and communication studies with a focus on film as well as social anthropology at the University of Goettingen, Germany. She works as an Art & film historian/ free curator and lecturer for several art museums (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Bucerius Kunst Forum etc.) and artist-run spaces (Bildwechsel, Westwerk etc.) in Hamburg as well as for international short film festivals and cinemas. She is also a former research associate at the Department for Media and Communication at Hamburg University and the German Institute for Animated Film Dresden.

 

The Indian Billboard Society

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad in collaboration with Dhi Artspace and Behörde für Kultur und Medien in Hamburg is delighted to present The Indian Billboard Society an Art Exhibition that is exclusively created for Hyderabad by Jan Ratschat and curated by Anja Ellenberger at the Dhi Artspace on Thursday, 11 October 2018, at 5:30 pm. The Opening will be followed by a Kunstforum / Art Talk by the Artist Jan Ratschat at Dhi Artspace.

                                                                        

The site-specific installation „The Indian Bill Board Society“ challenges to question our daily routines of perception and the way we deal with content. In everyday life billboards promote their messages – usually advertisements – facing the on-looker. Here they circumscribe an octagon – facing one another and surrounding us standing in their midst. The visitor enters the octagon of billboards like he would enter his private rooms.

 

 What remains, may that be conciuosly or unconciously, is the irritation one gets as such a place, of course, doesn‘t exist and as we know these objects from totally different contexts. As part of such an installation they impose themselves upon us, orbiting the private and the public sphere.

About the Artist:

 

The artist in focus Jan-Henning Ratschat (*1965 Hamburg) studied painting in Düsseldorf and scenography in Cologne and works in painting as well as in installation and environment. He curates shows at various artist-run spaces and is co-founder of the former artist-group Artplacement at the Schauraum in Hamburg. He currently lives and works in Hamburg.

 

 

Entering the German Job Market

We have an upcoming Info Session on details of "Entering the German Job Market". Our colleagues from Pro-Recognition have also promised free individual consultation sessions to all those who would like a one-on-one. If you remember that last one it was really successful

 
 

Die Mimosen - Theater Performance

Josephine und die Brueder des Windes

Josephine und die Brueder des Windes (Josephine and the brothers of the wind) is stage play raises childrens' awareness for the consequences of climate change.

Josephine lives with her flowers in the country of Terrania. One day the rain stays away and her garden, her river, her lake and the whole of Terrania dry out. Neither politicans nor scientist can find a solution. Only a shady merchant still owns water and sells it horrendous prices.

So Josephine takes her favorite flower and sets off to find the rain. Is she going to find him on her journey?

The aim of this theater project is that children engage themselves with the phenomenons of weather and climate.

Time: Thursday, September 20, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Venue: TBA

Partner:

 
 
 

Indian Photography Festival Opening

The Indian Photography Festival (IPF) - Hyderabad, a Not-For-Profit initiative of Light Craft Foundation, is an international photography festival, showcasing a wide range of photography from India and around the globe with a series of events, including talks and discussions, portfolio reviews, book launches, screenings, workshops etc. The IPF creates a platform for the professional and aspiring photographers, the photography lovers and the public where the festival promotes the art of photography at the same time address the social issues through the medium of photography.

Opening: Thursday, September 6, 5:00 pm

Venue: State Gallery Of Fine Art, Road No.1, Kavuri Hills, Jubilee Hills, Telangana 500033

The IPF 2018 will take place from 6th September - 7th October.

 

 

Dominion Film Screening

Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind's dominion over the animal kingdom. While mainly focusing on animals used for food, it also explores other ways animals are exploited and abused by humans, including clothing, entertainment and research.

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DIFF On the Road Screening - The Swallow

The Swallow

In this delicate, tragic drama, Mira, a young, bored Swiss woman, goes in search of her father in Iraqi Kurdistan—a father she has only ever seen in a few photos but whom she has placed on a pedestal. There she discovers a confusing reality in which violence, terrorism and score-settling coexist with a never-ending yearning for calm and peace, and mention of her father provokes morbid reactions. But, in this frightening world, Mira also finds love. The landscapes framing The Swallow are so majestic as to make us feel small and exposed, whilst the horror which undermines their beauty is at once brutal and hyper-real. Ultimately, the film asks whether Mira will be able to consolidate her experiences abroad with her everyday life in Switzerland—so providing us with a channel to reflect on the experience of the thousands of migrants to cosmopolitan European cities.

Dharamshala International Film Festival On the Road

Every year for the past six years, the mountain town of Dharamshala has come alive for one week in November with a film festival that painstakingly and lovingly brings together independent films and filmmakers from India and across the world. The Dharamshala International Film Festival has slowly become a unique space for multicultural exchange, creative reflection and meaningful discussion.

DIFF is presented by White Crane Arts & Media Trust, founded by filmmakers/artists Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam with the aim to promote contemporary art, cinema and independent media practices in the Indian Himalayan region.

As part of the festival’s initiative to bring the best of independent cinema to audiences outside Dharamshala, DIFF will collaborate with different organisations to host screenings of a selection of films from DIFF 2017 across major cities in India.

Venue: Phoenix Arena, TSIIC Park, Opposite to HSBC Phase 2, HITEC City, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

Date: Thursday, 23rd August, 6:30 pm

 

 

DIFF On the Road Screening - Machine and Out of this World

Machine

Synopsis: 
Descending through the corridors and bowels of an enormous, disorienting structure, this dizzying documentary takes us to a dehumanised world of intense physical labour and hardship—a gigantic textile factory in Sachin, Gujarat, where, since the 1960s, unregulated industrialisation has run rampant. With no voiceover, captions or musical score, the narrative unfolds against an ecosystem of machines—dull steel contraptions that clunk, click and whirr—and carefully selected interviews with the factory’s workers. The film’s gliding form provides a chilling juxtaposition with the stagnancy of the workers’ socioeconomic status. This is explicitly political filmmaking—a direct call for unionisation, better pay and reasonable hours, rather than a pitying ethnography—which notably allows the workers to directly question director Rahul Jain’s capacity to either intervene or help.
 

Out of this World

Out of This World is an updated version an expedition film shot in 1949 by Lowell Thomas Sr and Lowell Thomas Jr, whilst on a three-month trip to Lhasa. It provides a window on life in Tibet just months before the country was invaded by China and features footage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama aged just 15. Thomas Sr was one of the most prominent journalists of his day and was invited to Tibet in the hope that he might influence the US to curtail the Chinese invasion. Although unable to achieve this goal, he and his son later supported the Tibetan freedom movement, as well as directly supporting Tibetan refugees. Since the discovery and remastering of an original print of Out of This World, the film has been re-edited to include still images and radio broadcasts made by the Thomases.

Dharamshala International Film Festival On the Road

Every year for the past six years, the mountain town of Dharamshala has come alive for one week in November with a film festival that painstakingly and lovingly brings together independent films and filmmakers from India and across the world. The Dharamshala International Film Festival has slowly become a unique space for multicultural exchange, creative reflection and meaningful discussion.
DIFF is presented by White Crane Arts & Media Trust, founded by filmmakers/artists Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam with the aim to promote contemporary art, cinema and independent media practices in the Indian Himalayan region.
As part of the festival’s initiative to bring the best of independent cinema to audiences outside Dharamshala, DIFF will collaborate with different organisations to host screenings of a selection of films from DIFF 2017 across major cities in India.
Venue: Phoenix Arena, TSIIC Park, Opposite to HSBC Phase 2, HITEC City, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081
Date: Wednesday, 22nd August, 6:30 pm

 

DIFF On the Road Screening - Honeygiver among the Dogs

Honeygiver among the Dogs

In this ‘Buddhist noir’ from Bhutan, an undercover detective, Kinley, investigates the case of a missing nun and falls into a risky alliance with his only suspect—Choden, an alluring woman who is branded as a demoness in her village. Kinley slowly realises that Choden’s stories of historical dakinis—enlightened Buddhist women who hold great power and wisdom—might provide the very clues he needs to complete his investigation. But, to achieve such an understanding, he may have to surrender to both Choden’s charm and her belief in the supernatural. Director Dechen Roder offers an ethereal reinvention of a long-established genre, whilst also leaping into territory as yet untouched by Bhutanese filmmakers. The cinematography sticks to a subdued noir palette, except for fantasy scenes depicting Choden's historical tales of emancipated nuns and goddesses, which deploy rich, radiant colours.

Dharamshala International Film Festival On the Road

Every year for the past six years, the mountain town of Dharamshala has come alive for one week in November with a film festival that painstakingly and lovingly brings together independent films and filmmakers from India and across the world. The Dharamshala International Film Festival has slowly become a unique space for multicultural exchange, creative reflection and meaningful discussion.

DIFF is presented by White Crane Arts & Media Trust, founded by filmmakers/artists Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam with the aim to promote contemporary art, cinema and independent media practices in the Indian Himalayan region.

As part of the festival’s initiative to bring the best of independent cinema to audiences outside Dharamshala, DIFF will collaborate with different organisations to host screenings of a selection of films from DIFF 2017 across major cities in India.

Venue: Phoenix Arena, TSIIC Park, Opposite to HSBC Phase 2, HITEC City, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

Date: Tuesday, 21st August, 6:30 pm

 

“Emerging Palettes” Exhibition

Shrishti Art Gallery in collaboration with Goethe Zentrum is delighted to present the tenth edition of “Emerging Palettes”, a group exhibition of artworks by a select group of upcoming artists who have recently completed their Master’s degree in Arts in the last four years from across the country.

 

The artwork for the exhibition is selected by the eminent jury members including German curator Anja Ellenberger, artist Laxma Goud, French artist Delphine Nedelas and Shrishti Art Gallery.

 

Opening of the Exhibition: Saturday, 18th August, 6.30 Pm 

The Exhibition will be on view till Sunday, 16th September, from 11.00 am to 7.00 p.m. 

Venue: Shrishti Art Gallery, Plot No. 267, Road No.15 Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad-500033 (Phone: 23540023)  

 
 

 

Exhibition

"The First Witnesses" by Vijay S. Jodha

India’s agrarian crisis has claimed over 300,000 lives by way of farmer suicides since 1995. The survivors, predominantly widows, are both victims and the first witnesses in this on-going tragedy. This photography project is produced in collaboration with a few such witnesses from Telengana. It puts faces to some of the grim facts and figures with the intent that in some roundabout way this will eventually help ensure that even the weakest member of India’s farming community is not left without means or dignity. In that sense this project is driven by hope rather than despair.

Opening: Friday, 10th August, 6:30 PM

On View: Saturday, 11th August till Saturday, 18th August, 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM

Venue: Hamburg Hall, Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

Entry Free and open to all

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Vijay S. Jodha

Vijay is a Gurgaon-based writer, photographer and filmmaker. He completed his school and college from Hyderabad and studied filmmaking at New York University. He has produced five books and his projects have received over seventy honours in 24 countries. His films have been broadcast in over 200 countries on 75 channels including BBC, CNN and Discovery. Two of his books and three of his films have been selected for archiving in the U.S. Library of Congress. Parallel to paid work, he has produced over 30 films on pro bono basis, and has helped raise over Rs. 1.6 crores for various grassroots organisations.

 

Stammtisch

The word Stammtisch refers "regular's table". It is a regular meeting where people discuss politics, philosophy or other topics.

 

Sylvia Smetana is a Partner at Angaros Group. As a trained Change Leadership Expert she is providing these valuable skills in the context of Angaros, bringing the human and financial capital worlds together. She has an MBA from Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien. The topic of the Sprechstunde will be cultural differences.

Hamburg Hall, GZH

For GZH Students only

Time: 12:30 PM

 
 

BSAP-Talk by Dr. Asad R. Rahmani

Travellers in Trouble: Threats to migratory birds

The talk will discuss bird migration, and the threats birds face in the modern world, and how to mitigate them.

About the Speaker

Former Director of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Asad joined them in 1980 and worked as Principal Scientist on various projects. In 1991, he joined the Department of Wildlife Science, Aligarh Muslim University, where he worked for six years. In 1997, he re-joined BNHS as Director and retired in July, 2015. He has written more than 170 peer-reviewed research papers in national and international journals, 19 books, and numerous popular articles and book reviews. His principal research interest has been the conservation of Indian bustards, storks and cranes among other threatened species. 

He was the Executive Editor of the journal of BNHS, and Editor of Hornbill and Mistnet. He has been a PhD guide for 10 students, and Principal Investigator of many prestigious projects of BNHS, including the Important Bird Areas Programme of BirdLife International and RSPB.

 

Living Climate – A Tale of Three Cities Arkhangelsk / Russia, Khartoum / Sudan, Kochi / India

Living Climate – A Tale of Three Cities
Arkhangelsk / Russia, Khartoum / Sudan, Kochi / India

 

A Tale of Three Cities, an exhibition of photographs opens Wednesday, 25 July 2018, at State Gallery Of Fine Art  Road No.1, Kavuri Hills,  Jubilee Hills, Telangana and will remain on view until Sunday, 10 August 2018. 


The exhibition focusses on three cities with very different weather conditions: Kochi in Southern India, Arkhangelsk in North-West Russia and Khartoum in Sudan.


In Living Climate: A Tale of Three Cities André Lützen approaches the question of how climate influences people and their ways of living. He has documented how climate circumstances define living situations and effect a very diverse interplay between private and public. The photographs were taken between 2014 and 2017.

 

The exhibition is conducted in collabaration 

                         

 

ANDRE LÜTZEN

 

Born in 1963 in Hamburg, Andre Lützen studied visual communication at the Hochschule fur bildende Kunste Hamburg and at the International Center of Photography New York. He has received various awards for his work, which has been shown in numerous exhibitions at the Haus der Photographie / Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, the Krefelder Kunstmuseen, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen, at the New York Photo Festival and at Photo Espana.
His photographs have been published in several monographs: Generation Boul Fale (2001), Loch im Kopf (2005), Before Elvis there was nothing (2008), Public Private Hanoi (2010), Zhili Byli (2014), Inside Out Kochi (2015) and Up-River Book (2017).

 

 
 
 

BSAP TALK | Ecology of the Grey Pelican at Telineelapuram

Ecology of the Grey Pelican at Telineelapuram by Sravankumar Railla

Telineelapuram (TNP) village belongs to Tekkali mandal of Srikakulam district of the north coastal zone of Andhra Pradesh. The location is selected for (IBA) important bird areas (IN 229) by BNHS in 2004 for it's importance as a nesting site of the Near threatened species, the Grey Pelican. The presentation, highlights about the studies conducted at TNP to know the status and steps followed in recording the resources utilized by the Grey Pelican and the conservation measures which shall be implemented for the species sustainability..

 

Sravan kumar Railla

 

Working as Research Associate with Agricultural University working on concept of Reduction of crop loss due to vertebrate pests in Agricultural habitat with special emphasis on conservation.In 2009 joined as project -JRF, to study the ecology of Grey Pelicans at Telineelapuram till 2015, under the guidance of Dr. V. Vasudeva Rao, at All India Network Project on Vertebrate Pest Management. In 2012, registered for Ph.D in Environment sciences, JNTUH. During the time period, published various research articles in scientific journals.

 

 

How Cow Now Cow

How Cow Now Cow

is a production for children adapted from “Die Kuh Rosemarie”. It opened in May 2015 and has done over 100 shows in Bangalore in both auditoria and schools and has been invited to perform at festivals all over the country.  

Synopsis:

 
Rosamma the Cow is fast turning into an unbearable pain. She scolds, she rants and raves, and makes life miserable for all the other animals on the beautiful farm. Find out what happens to Rosamma when she’s sent off to a mysterious country far, far away.

A group of actors combine storytelling, object theatre, and shadow puppetry to tell a compelling tale of patience, love, adventure, and imagination.

For ages: 5+

Duration: 60 min

Language: English
 
Adapted from Andri Beyeler’s “Rosemarie the Cow.”

Sandbox Collective is a creative services organisation that curates, produces and tours performances.

Dates in Hyderabad:

- July 5, 10:30 AM to 11:30 Am

- July 5, 12.30 PM to 01.30 PM

Press: “Without being judgmental, moralistic or preachy, the play's strength is its simplicity, and openness to interpretation by its primary audience, children.”  - BANGALORE MIRROR, May 2016
 
 

 

BSAP-Talk by Dr. Rajani Vakkalanka

Citizens' efforts to bring back sparrows

Sparrows were a part of every household some years back. Now they are hardly seen. Destruction caused to Biodiversity manifests itself through decline in native species and fall in Sparrow population is one such indicator. The talk would focus on the observations and the efforts of the speaker to bring back sparrows through Citizens’ Participation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Rajani Vakkalanka is the founder of “Maahini-People for Mother Earth”. A Doctor in Education, she has conducted many environment education campaigns for school children and awareness events in residential colonies and corporate offices. Her work and efforts concerning birds in our neighbourhood and sparrow conservation gained popularity inspiring citizens to extend their support for the cause.

Time: 6:30 PM

 

Stammtisch

The word Stammtisch refers "regular's table". It is a regular meeting where people discuss politics, philosophy or other topics.

Sylvia Smetana is a Partner at Angaros Group. As a trained Change Leadership Expert she is providing these valuable skills in the context of Angaros, bringing the human and financial capital worlds together. She has an MBA from Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien. The topic of the Sprechstunde will be German culture.

Mediathek, GHZ

For GHZ Students only

Time: 12:30 PM

 
 

World Music Day Hyderabad 2018

WORLD MUSIC DAY

 was founded in France in 1982. This festival is celebrated in over 700 cities across 120 countries on the 21st of June every year. Music takes over the city’s streets, with live bands, singers, amateur musicians, drummers, DJs and so on scattered throughout the city, expressing themselves through music and inviting the crowd to enjoy themselves.

HYDERABAD has been a contributor towards this festival for several years. It has grown from being a small event at Alliance Francaise to becoming a big music festival with thousands of spectators all over the city. It brings together musicians from India and abroad reflecting the whole palette of musical styles and genres: Indian - modern and traditional, western classical, rock and fusion.

   

 

German Movie Night

Soul Kitchen

In Hamburg, Zinos has a restaurant serving poor-man's fare; he gets by, but his girlfriend has taken a job in Shanghai, he's hurt his back and can't cook, his feckless brother can be on daily parole from jail only if Zinos employs him (though his brother doesn't want to work), a school acquaintance wants to buy the restaurant property, and the tax authority and health inspector are on his case. Zinos hires a temperamental chef and loses all his customers, signs a power of attorney giving his brother full authority at the restaurant, and buys a ticket to Shanghai. Is this a recipe for disaster?

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Born in Hamburg to parents of Turkish ethnicity, Fatih Akin’s works have always been a self exploration wavering between German and Turkish culture, expressing their stark differences but also their similarities on a human level. From hilarious films like Soul Kitchen to his more serious works like Gegen Die Wand, Akin’s films always carry the burden of their characters that seem to be stuck between two worlds, trying to find their place. 

Time: 6:30 PM

 

Sprechstunde

Psychological counselling with Dr. Purnima Nagaraja (MBBS, DPM (Psychiatry), Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy)

 
 
 
 

International Day of Dance: Documentary Film Screenings

Documentary Screenings

Sunday, 29 April (International Day Of Dance)   

Time: 6:00 pm 

Saptaparni, Rd Number 8, Zahara Nagar, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034

DANCING AROUND THE WORLD 

Dir: Choreographer and Dancer Nejla Y. Yatkin, 29 min, Colour

Credits:

Director/Choreographer: Nejla Yatkin
Director of Photography/Editor: Enki Andrews
Composer: Robert Novak
 
Synposis:
My life and my art are about embodying the "fleeting moment" that is inherent to dance: the moment that makes people feel alive in the act of creativity. Two years ago I embarked on a journey of a lifetime with Dancing Around the World when I visited 19 countries to take dance to the people, but also to discover why people dance. In each location we created site-specific performances with local dancers to make it more accessible to people, and we documented the experience through short videos, interviews, and group workshops. Now that we are back in Chicago from that year-long journey, we created this short documentary film in order to share what we have learned. In our travels to cities in Peru, Finland, Kenya, Japan, and many others, we witnessed the power of dance to unite people in very creative and human ways. This experience reaffirmed to me how important it is for humans to express themselves physically, emotionally, and mentally through dance. By creating this film, we want to share how dance affects everyday lives of people as well as how movement impacts and, in some cases, even saves our lives in profound ways.
 
Director's Note:
Dance is such an elusive and intangible art form. The minute the dance is performed it dies. As the late Merce Cunningham said: “You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.” And that "fleeting moment" that makes people feel alive is what interests me, that "fleeting moment" is what I want to capture and bring alive in this documentary through the stories and moving bodies of people around the world.

Short trailer to the documentary: https://vimeo.com/251072531

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BALAKKA - DANCING WITH TRADITION

Dir: Dulam Satyanarayana, 26 min, Colour

Synopsis:

Mrs.Bala Kondala Rao, who is fondly known as Balakka in the Kuchipudi world, is one of the foremost exponents of Kuchipudi. At the age of 8, her life started as a disciple of the illustrious late Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam, who has been credited with the revival of Kuchipudi in the modern age. She grew up as a member of his household and went on to teach at his school for nearly 30 years. She has toured the world giving dance performances. She is the founder and director of ‘Kuchipudi Kala Kendram’ a dance school based in Visakhapatnam in India. She has students from wide and far, from many countries like USA, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Australia, Russia and Nepal. She choreographed over 80 solo items and 8 dance ballets so far. Her family comprising two sons and daughter-in-law continue to propagate her legacy and are stay dedicated to this art form.

Director's Bio:


 

 

Stop Slaughter Cruelty

Thousands of animals are slaughtered illegally every day in India, at places of unchecked cruelty, ranging from roadside shacks to air-conditioned establishments. Animals brought here, are confined, subject to injury and disease and often crammed without food or water.


Living in horrid conditions, these animals deserve a chance to live in dignity.

To this end, FIAPO is organizing their very first workshop to #StopSlaughterCruelty in Hyderabad. Through this workshop, we seek to train volunteers and activists in working with the government, setting up community vigilance networks, and most importantly, working together to bring an end to cases of unchecked cruelty.

The workshop will be conducted by none other than Harsha Doriya, who run the #StopSlaughterCruelty campaign at FIAPO.

So join us for a morning of learning and networking with everyone in your city !!

 

TALK - E-Waste Management

 

A Digital Infrastructure Enabling Circular Economy in E-Waste Management Sector

Today each educated person use atleast 4-5 electronic gadget and home appliance in our daily life, but we never think about ’safe and pollution free disposal of e-waste’. Even the uneducated / every level of society use atlases 1-2 gadget but the gadgets after use, are just the source of pollution. E-Waste management’ was quite an ignored area in India and many other developing countries but there is dire need to pay attention to our e-waste and to transform the informal e-waste recycling sector. Startup Sanshodhan: An E-waste Exchange  has emerged as an innovative solution for e-waste management sector and is geared up to enable paradigm shift in e-waste management sector.

 

Sanshodhan: An E-waste Exchange is a virtual e-waste aggregation platform to connect the last mile Govt authorised recyclers and foster circular economy in e-waste management sector. It's an online platform where corporates, business and even individuals can dispose their e-waste responsibly and conveniently and get incentivised right sitting at their home/ office.

About the Speaker: Dr.Shalini Sharma

Born and brought up in Lucknow, Dr Shalini Sharma is a doctorate in Environment Science, management and policy from Canning College and National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) CSIR Institute), Lucknow. She qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship and started her career from NBRI but chose to work with corporates due to her keen interest into ‘sustainable business models’ and to contribute to the growth of our country.  

She is achiever of various international fellowships and awards. She is a DAAD Fellow and worked as Senior Researcher at Humboldt University, Berlin. As a Fulbright-Nehru Environment Leader she researched at Columbia University, New York and as Chevening Science, Innovation, Policy and Leadership fellow she learned entrepreneurship at University of Oxford, UK. She has large number of publications to her credit. She represented own country in various international ‘climate change - strategy projects’ and COP / MOP, United Nation Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings. During her journey with industry association and while working with Government Institutes and organization she played challenging roles like - heading Centre for Climate Change, as a Capacity builder for working professionals, consultant to the State Governments and as facilitator for policy implementation. These roles made her a seasoned professional and she turned to solve one of the biggest challenge i.e. ‘e-waste’ and chose to work through social startup ‘Sanshodhan: An E-Waste Exchange’. She follows bottom up approach, to solve this critical challenge.

 

Supported By:

 

Documentary Screening

Trash To Treasure - Creating wealth from waste

Dir: Benjamin Pasquini Bogaerts, Tom Mo, 22 min, Colour, 2016

A look at how a co-founder of an NGO, a fashion designer and a furniture designer think about how they can improve waste management in their community through education and Upcycling technique.

Thursday, 26 April

07:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

 

Interactive Talk - Waste to Food

 

A talk about Bio-degradable Waste

 

What we do: Every day, we generate some 3000-4000 metric tonnes of waste that piles up in our neighborhood. It eventually ends up in landfills and oceans.

 

What we can do: There is a way to resolve this problem, we can start taking responsibility for our waste by segregating it. Separating wet waste from the rest gives us the organic matter that can instead be composted and used to make our soil fertile. 

About the Speaker

Ram has been associated with Greenpeace for the last two years and he has been educating the frontline campaigners on environment and Greenpeace actions. He has studied M.Sc. in Contemporary Asian Studies at The University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands and M. A. Public Policy and Governance from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Ram’s research interests are visual sociology and cultural studies.

Supported by:

Documentary Screening

Here Comes the Sun

Dir: VPRO, 48 min, Colour, 2008

If it were up to the sun, we would have no energy problem but we do have a conversion problem. 

Friday, 20 April

07:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

 

 

SPRECHSTUNDE: FROM TABOO TO EMBRACE

SPRECHSTUNDE

Mental health is emotional and psychological well-being. A state of "All is well". Good mental health is much more than the absence of a mental health problem. Most of us do not know if we need help with our mental health and the few who may know they need help are bound by taboo. 

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is ready to meet this issue head-on by offering professional support, a private space and talking; taking it from taboo to embrace. 

SPRECHSTUNDE is when you appoint time with an appointed person for an appointed matter. Dr. Purnima Nagaraja, a Psychiatrist with a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy will be available at GZH every third Wednesday of the month by appointment, or a simple walk-in. Come get your help right here so that together we can declare "We care".

About Dr.Purnima Nagaraja

Dr. Purnima Nagaraja's passion with psychological illness and cure started with watching her psychiatrist parents Dr. A. Nagaraja and Dr. Mrs. Jaya Nagaraja as a child.

Armed with a medical degree, a diplomate in psychiatry and a masters degree in counselling and psychotherapy Dr. Purnima has trained in England and brings with her an international perspective of addressing psychological ailments.

Being multi lingual and well versed in several cultural and sociological factors, Dr. Purnima combines conventional therapies such as drug therapies with unique counselling and psychotherapeutic techniques.

In a country like India where several taboos exist while dealing with psychological illness, Dr. Purnima has conducted several awareness drives to familiarise the lay person with common psychiatric and psychological ailments. She is currently involved with several media houses in busting common myths and encourages people to come forward and deal with psychological ailments as they would any other.

With an ongoing passion to provide excellence in psychological support systems, Dr. Purnima founded Dhrithi, an institute that focuses primarily on the individuals and various issues that confront them.

 

RECYCLING TALK : Are you wasting waste?

  

How recycling industry looks like and what happened to your waste?

Waste Ventures India is a waste management company that aims to eliminate landfills by providing a 1-point environmental waste management solution to all waste generators in Hyderabad. Our current clients and partners include Google, Infosys, Flipkart, Amazon, Mercedes Benz, Tetra Pak and over 18,000 households. We channel all recyclables to Pollution Control Board certified recyclers. We take in ALL dry waste - both high & low-value items such as plastic covers, paper scraps, e-waste etc and compensate you at competitive prices while providing documentation that it has been disposed of environmentally.

Toter is a digital doorstep recyclable pickup service that connects people with waste to people who wants waste. It is a service of Waste Ventures India (WVI).

Toter is “Uber-for-trash” model. The customer books a pickup online, and is assigned a Toter agent—a nearby scrap dealer registered with and trained by WVI, and carrying a WVI identity card—an hour before the scheduled pickup time. The Toter agent weighs the recyclables at the customer’s location and pays for them based on published rates for each category. At the back end, WVI buys the collected waste from the Toter agent, and takes the waste to its warehouse, where it is further sorted and segregated before being baled into cubes that are sent to Pollution Control Board certified recyclers.

  

About Abdul Rahman: 


Mr. Abdul Rahman is a serial tech entrepreneur and He is Product Manager (Technology Head) at Waste Ventures India. He is responsible for building a technology platform for waste ventures called Toter (Uber for Trash) & also manages digital marketing for WVI business. He has more than 4 startup experience and has participated in more than 60 Competitions both Nationally and Internationally and was successful in many of them. Most Notably was a winner at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2013 held in Russia representing India for Windows Azure Challenge & Connected Planet Award. 

Event Details:

18 APRIL 2018, 6:30 PM

Hamburg Hall, GZH

Supported by:  

Documentary Screening

Away: A Story of Trash

Dir: St.Petersburg students, 26 min, Colour, 2011

Students partner with WEDU to educate viewers about where their trash goes when they throw it "away", and what can be done to change current practices.

Wednesday, 18 April

07:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

 

BSAP | By M.S. RAM

Impact of Forest Fragmentation on the Endangered Lion-Tailed Macaque

Habitat fragmentation is one of the leading causes of species extinction and biodiversity loss in forests. One such species whose major threat to survival is the extensive fragmentation of its native moist evergreen forest habitat in the southern Western Ghats is the enigmatic but endangered primate, Lion-Tailed Macaque. Using the lion-tailed macaque as an example, the talk will explore the multifaceted nature of risks posed by anthropogenic habitat modification and their impact on species survival.

About the speaker:

M.S.Ram is a PhD student at the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. Having had a keen interest in everything fauna since his early childhood, he ended up studying the reasons behind their unfortunate decline in recent decades.

 

 

Documentary Screening

Zero Waste & The Art of Living Offgrid

Dir: Zilvinas Paludnevicius, 34 min, Colour, 2013

One of the best and most comprehensive films about living offgrid. From renewable technology with solar photovoltaics for electricity, to flat plate solar for heating water, battery storage & edible landscaping to the technology of sewage disposal and water filtrations, this is a really useful insight into living independently. 

Friday, 13 April

7:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

 

Fantastic Five International Film Festival: Fitzcarraldo

In Association with Telangana State Department of Culture

Film Screening at: Paidi Jairaj Preview Theatre, Ravindra Bharathi , Hyderabad

Fitzcarraldo

Director: Werner Herzog, colour, 158 min., 1981

Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 West German adventure-drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. It portrays would-be rubber baron Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, who is determined to transport a steamship over a steep hill in order to access a rich rubber territory in the Amazon Basin. The film is derived from the historic events of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarraldo.

About the Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature- and documentary films, such as Aguirre der Zorn Gottes (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, 1972), Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (NOSFERATU, 1978), FITZCARRALDO (1982), Lektionen in Finsternis (LESSONS OF DARKNESS, 1992), LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY (1997), Mein liebster Feind (MY BEST FIEND, 1999), INVINCIBLE (2000), GRIZZLY MAN (2005), ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007), Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume (CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, 2010). Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.

Facebook Link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1750511295037852/ 

 

 

Fantastic Five International Film Festival: Bells from the Deep

In Association with Telangana State Department of Culture

Film Screening at: Paidi Jairaj Preview Theatre, Ravindra Bharathi , Hyderabad

Bells from the Deep

Faith and superstition in Russia
Director: Werner Herzog, colour, 60 min., 1993

Werner Herzog travels to Siberia to observe miracle healers, self-proclaimed saviours who profess to be Christ’s successors, and people performing strange, almost incomprehensible rituals near far-off Svetloyar lake. 

Bells from the Deep is German director Werner Herzog's documentary investigation of Russian mysticism. The first half of the film is concerned primarily with Vissarion, a Russian faith healer claiming to be the reincarnation of God as was Jesus. Herzog uses primarily interviews with Russians and scenes from the religious services of the two Holy men. Herzog also has several segments on the religion of Siberian nomads. The second half of the film is primarily concerned with the legend of the lost city of Kitezh. This myth is about a city that was in peril of being destroyed by marauding Mongols, but whose citizens prayed for rescue. Hearing their prayers, God placed the city at the bottom of a deep lake, where it resides to this day. Some even say that one can hear the bells from the city's church. The story is recounted by a local priest and pilgrims visiting the lake.

About the Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature- and documentary films, such as Aguirre der Zorn Gottes (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, 1972), Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (NOSFERATU, 1978), FITZCARRALDO (1982), Lektionen in Finsternis (LESSONS OF DARKNESS, 1992), LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY (1997), Mein liebster Feind (MY BEST FIEND, 1999), INVINCIBLE (2000), GRIZZLY MAN (2005), ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007), Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume (CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, 2010). Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.

Facebook Link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1750511295037852/ 

 

 

Fantastic Five International Film Festival: Fata Morgana

In Association with Telangana State Department of Culture

Film Screening at: Paidi Jairaj Preview Theatre, Ravindra Bharathi , Hyderabad

Fata Morgana

Director: Werner Herzog, colour, 79 min., 1970

A poetic journey through Africa, as lyrical and surreal as a dream, fragmentary in its lack of story, yet driven by an inner coherence. Herzog places myths of creation against images of destruction. 

The film was shot sporadically over a 13-month period from November 1968 to December 1969. Most of the footage was shot in Africa with little notion as to how it would eventually be used. A concept and structure for the film was invented by Herzog only after filming was completed. Post production extended into 1970 as the director concentrated on completing his Even Dwarfs Started Small for its May premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

Much of the film's footage consists of long tracking shots filmed by cameraman Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein from the top of a Volkswagen camper van with Herzog driving. The crew smoothed out the road themselves to prepare the shots.

About the Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature- and documentary films, such as Aguirre der Zorn Gottes (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, 1972), Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (NOSFERATU, 1978), FITZCARRALDO (1982), Lektionen in Finsternis (LESSONS OF DARKNESS, 1992), LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY (1997), Mein liebster Feind (MY BEST FIEND, 1999), INVINCIBLE (2000), GRIZZLY MAN (2005), ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007), Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume (CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, 2010). Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.

 

Facebook Link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1750511295037852/ 

 

 

Photo Exhibition about our environment

The River and the Macaque: Nature of the city

As we enter the Anthropocene and human domination over the planet extends further and beyond, relationships not seen before are being formed between the human and the non-human, the wild and the domestic, the urban and what is considered wilderness. Concrete towers become urban jungles for macaques, our garbage dumps become food sources for fellow primates and an ancient river establishes an inextricable bond with immortal plastic. The macaques might selectively consume what we discard, but the river can be more indiscriminate; what we throw away as waste into the river is what she eventually leaves behind for us!

About Pankaj Sekhsaria

Pankaj Sekhsaria is a Hyderabad based novelist and photographer whose research and writing interests lie at the intersection of science, environment, technology and society.

Exhibition Opening:

Tuesday, 10 April

6:30 pm

On View till 24 April

9:30 am - 6:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

OPEN TO ALL- ENTRY FREE

Closed on Sundays and public holidays

Documentary Screening

Cutting off a lifeline

Dir: Saraswati Kavula, 62 min, Colour, 2006-2007

'Cutting off a Lifeline' marks the beginning of a documentary of on the river Musi and its connection with the city. The documentary raises the sensitive question of sustainable development of the city and the factors contributing to it.

Tuesday, 10 April

7:15 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH

 

 

Fantastic Five International Film Festival:Echoes from a Sombre Empire

In Association with Telangana State Department of Culture

Film Screening at: Paidi Jairaj Preview Theatre, Ravindra Bharathi , Hyderabad

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

(Echos aus einem düsteren Reich )

Director: Werner Herzog, colour, 87 min., 1990

An investigation into Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921 – 1996), the dictatorial president and later emperor of Central Africa. Starting point is the research of American journalist Michael Goldsmith, who once almost died in one of Bokassa’s prisons. 

Throughout ECHOES FROM A SOMBER EMPIRE, Mr. Herzog’s camera tacitly absorbs the madness of the Bokassa legacy and at times transforms that madness into mesmerizing visions. A statue of the dictator lies rusting in the weeds (‘Do you know who it is?’ Mr. Goldsmith asks some nearby children) and a monkey smokes a cigarette with unnerving intensity in the ruins of the Emperor’s private zoo. Mr. Goldsmith’s nightmare of a world inundated by orange crabs is illustrated quite literally, in eerily brilliant colors. And the thought of a monstrous and unstoppable plague lingers in the memory long after Bokassa has faded.

About the Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature- and documentary films, such as Aguirre der Zorn Gottes (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, 1972), Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (NOSFERATU, 1978), FITZCARRALDO (1982), Lektionen in Finsternis (LESSONS OF DARKNESS, 1992), LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY (1997), Mein liebster Feind (MY BEST FIEND, 1999), INVINCIBLE (2000), GRIZZLY MAN (2005), ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007), Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume (CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, 2010). Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.

 

Facebook Link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1750511295037852/ 

 

 

Fantastic Five International Film Festival: Aguirre, the Wrath of God

In Association with Telangana State Department of Culture

Film Screening at: Paidi Jairaj Preview Theatre, Ravindra Bharathi , Hyderabad

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

(Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
Director: Werner Herzog, colour, 93 min., 1972

The hunger for power and wealth, and also pure madness, are said to have been the driving force behind the Spaniards' wish to conquer South America. Against all opponents, Aguirre proclaims his vision of the Eldorado, which he will reign over as powerful and glorious ruler. But even the last supporters from among his troop become victims of famine, illness and darts shot by Idians. Aguirre, lost on his raft surrounded by rats, dreams of founding a new dynasty together with his daughter. 

About the Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature- and documentary films, such as Aguirre der Zorn Gottes (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD, 1972), Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (NOSFERATU, 1978), FITZCARRALDO (1982), Lektionen in Finsternis (LESSONS OF DARKNESS, 1992), LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY (1997), Mein liebster Feind (MY BEST FIEND, 1999), INVINCIBLE (2000), GRIZZLY MAN (2005), ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007), Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume (CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, 2010). Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.

 

Facebook Link to the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1750511295037852/ 

 

 

WOMEN'S MARCH FILM FESTIVAL: Satyavati

Satyavati

Dir: Deepthi Tadanki, 1h 25 min, Colour, 2016

The nation and the world is speaking in support of LGBTQ rights and awareness. Where are you? Satyavati is an important film because it is one of the few to speak about the horror of corrective rape. Corrective rape is one such practice, where often, the victim’s own parents arrange for a close relative to rape their son or daughter, with the misguided belief that this will change their sexual orientation.

 

The film screening of Satyavati is being curated in association with Queer Arts Movement India. Romal Laisram and Priyank Asha Sukanand from Queer Arts Movement India will be presenting the film at the venue. 

 

Venue: Golden Threshold University of Hyderabad,  Sarojini Naidu Building, Nampally Station Road, Abids, Hyderabad 

Time: 6:45 PM

In collaboration with Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad.

 

WOMEN'S MARCH FILM FESTIVAL: PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER

PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER

Dir: Jürgen Breest, 44 Min., Colour, 1976

Paula Modersohn-Becker Dir: Jürgen Breest, 44 Min., Colour, 1976 The film portrays the painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907), who developed her work during a creative period of just a few years. She played an active part of the early Expressionist movement. She died at the age of 31 in Worpswede, shortly after the birth of her child.

The film will be presented by Art Historian, Sarada Natarajan.

Sarada Natarajan, Ph.D.

Sarada Natarajan taught art history and theory at the Fine Arts and Theatre Arts departments of the University of Hyderabad, India for 14 years. She is now Visiting Professor at Shiv Nadar University in Uttar Pradesh. Sarada received both her MA and Ph.D. degrees in art history from the Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda. Her areas of academic interest include ancient and medieval Indian sculpture and iconography, art historiography, phenomenology, material culture studies and art history pedagogy. Her paper on art history teaching titled Art History for Artists: Experiments from an Indian University was presented in absentia at the College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, 2015. Her publications include a monograph Watering the Neighbour’s Plant: Media Perspectives on Female Infanticide in Tamil Nadu, and the articles “Indian Art History and the Great Divides” in The Study of Aesthetics: The Indian Perspective (2007) and “The Visual and the Material in Coomaraswamy’s Art History” in Art, Aesthetics and Philosophy: Reflections on Coomaraswamy (2015). A trained vocalist, Sarada experiments with music and voice for theatre. She is also involved with evolving creative pedagogical strategies for schoolchildren in India. She writes and illustrates for children.

Venue: Golden Threshold University of Hyderabad,  Sarojini Naidu Building, Nampally Station Road, Abids, Hyderabad 

Time: 6:45 PM

In collaboration with Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad.

 

WOMEN'S MARCH FILM FESTIVAL: Naa Bangaaru Talli

Naa Bangaru Talli

Dir: Rajesh Touchriver, 2h 6min, Colour, 2014

Telugu film Naa Bangaru Talli is based on a true story of sex trafficking.The film is directed by Rajesh Touchriver and produced by his wife Dr. Sunitha Krishnan. It bagged three national awards in May 2014.The script is based on the true story of a girl who was rescued by Sunitha.

The film’s director Mr. Rajesh Touchriver will be present himself to enlighten with a brief talk on sex trafficking.

Venue: Golden Threshold University of Hyderabad,  Sarojini Naidu Building, Nampally Station Road, Abids, Hyderabad 

Time: 6:45 PM

In collaboration with Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad.

 

 

SPRECHSTUNDE: FROM TABOO TO EMBRACE

Mental health is emotional and psychological well-being. A state of "All is well". Good mental health is much more than the absence of a mental health problem. Most of us do not know if we need help with our mental health and the few who may know they need help are bound by taboo. 

 

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is ready to meet this issue head-on by offering professional support, a private space and talking; taking it from taboo to embrace. 

 

A SPRECHSTUNDE is when you appoint time with an appointed person for an appointed matter. Dr. Purnima Nagaraja, a Psychiatrist with a Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy will be available at GZH every third Wednesday of the month by appointment, or a simple walk-in. Come get your help right here so that together we can declare "We care".

 

Join us for a brief talk where Dr.Purnima elaborates on the issue on 21st March as we open Sprechstunde, a platform for all!

 

About Dr.Purnima Nagaraja

Dr. Purnima Nagaraja's passion with psychological illness and cure started with watching her psychiatrist parents Dr. A. Nagaraja and Dr. Mrs. Jaya Nagaraja as a child.

Armed with a medical degree, a diplomate in psychiatry and a masters degree in counselling and psychotherapy Dr. Purnima has trained in England and brings with her an international perspective of addressing psychological ailments.

Being multi lingual and well versed in several cultural and sociological factors, Dr. Purnima combines conventional therapies such as drug therapies with unique counselling and psychotherapeutic techniques.

In a country like India where several taboos exist while dealing with psychological illness, Dr. Purnima has conducted several awareness drives to familiarise the lay person with common psychiatric and psychological ailments. She is currently involved with several media houses in busting common myths and encourages people to come forward and deal with psychological ailments as they would any other.

With an ongoing passion to provide excellence in psychological support systems, Dr. Purnima founded Dhrithi, an institute that focuses primarily on the individuals and various issues that confront them.

 

TRIPLE TALAQ BY INDIRA JAISING

Triple Talaq has been a major point of contention and public discourse. And, now there is a proposed legislation banning and criminalising it. In this Talk, Indira Jaising, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, Human Rights Activist will explore and discuss various facets of the issue from perspectives of the Constitution, human rights etc.

 

Venue: Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls, Saifabad

Schedule

  • 5.45 – 6.15: Tea & Snacks
  • 6.15 – 7.15: Talk
  • 7:15 onward discussion

About Indira Jaising


INDIRA completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bangalore University in 1962. She completed LLM a post graduate degree in Law from University of Bombay. Indira Jaising started her legal practice in the early 1960s.
 
In 1986, she became the first woman to be designated a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Bombay.
She had a fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies London 1970.
She has been a visiting Scholar at the Columbia University New York.
 
Indira Jaising is the founder secretary of the Lawyers Collective, an organization that provides legal services for the underprivileged sections of Indian society. She founded a monthly magazine called The Lawyers, in 1986, which focuses on social justice and women's issues in the context of Indian law.
She has argued cases related to the discrimination against women, the Muslim Personal Law, most recently the case challenging the constitutional validity of Triple Talaq, rights of pavement dwellers and the homeless and cases of sexual harassment of women at the workplace. She has worked on the issue of child labor, the firecracker industry and for the economic rights of women, estranged wives and domestic violence cases.
 
Indira Jaising has represented the victims of the Bhopal tragedy in the Supreme Court of India in their claim for compensation against the American multinational Union Carbide Corporation
 
Indira Jaising has attended several national and international conferences on women and represented her country at these conferences.
 
She had been a Distinguished International Bork Professor at Pen Law University  teaching  a course on Public Interest Litigation 2015 
 
She worked to create a new law on Domestic Violence. The Government of India passed the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence 2005. The new law gives to women for the first time a right to reside in the shared household and prevents them from becoming homeless when facing violence. It has helped many women get stop violence orders.
 
She was elected to represent India to the United Nations on the committee for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and served in that capacity from 2009 to 2012.
 
She was the first woman to be appointed Additional Solicitor General of India in 2009 and serves in that capacity till 2014 representing the Government in the Supreme Court of India.
 
She was given the Padma Shree by the President of India in 2005 for her service to the cause of public affairs.
 
She has authored a book “Sexual harassment at the workplace” published by Universal Books.
She is currently based in New Delhi and practicing as a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India.
 
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GRAPHIC EXHIBITION: THE CITIES BENEATH

In 2009, the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and the Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad initiated the project “040” with the aim of coordinating and joining their support for cultural projects. The name of this project is owed to the coincidence that Hamburg and Hyderabad share the same area code – 040.

 

“The Cities Beneath” is part of the 040 project. The idea is to use Chitrakatha (or comics) to find new and unique linkages evoking the idea of a city; To explore the geography of myth and fable - rather than documenting its physical fact. In this telling, the stories these artists tell about themselves, their private mythologies will intersect with those the City tells about herself. 

About Fabian Stoltz

Born in 1972 in Freiburg/Breisgau. The first years he spent abroad and attended a French school. He studied communication design and illustration in Augsburg, Paris and Hamburg, where he received his diploma in 2004, since then he works freelance as an illustrator. His publications include: "Stories from the Nineties”, “Grosse Freiheit” (with Anja Kasten and Michael Schmid). In 2018, "What happened before", collected strips from Der Freitag will be published by Edition Breitkopf. Fabian has also been published in u.A. Panic Electric, Moga Mobo, Concrete, Taz and The Friday.

Please find here a short video clip of Fabian sketching: https://we.tl/BUEleJUAPr

About Jai Undurti 

Jai Undurti has a background in journalism and writes for leading publications on travel and popular culture. Undurti started Every City is a Story – a unique city-centric graphic storytelling initiative. His other interests include chess and science-fiction. He is the creative director of Syenagiri, a graphic novel studio. 

In collaboration with:

  

 

WORKSHOP: MAKING COMICS

Learn how to write and draw comics: the nuts-and-bolts of putting together a page, how different panels interact with each other, collaborating with artists and typical story dynamics. The workshop will be centred around how to construct a one-page comic.

The emphasis will be on the practical aspects of writing and drawing, through the lens of personal experience.

Participants will work to finish a one-page script by the end of the workshop. They will explore the entire workflow of a graphic novel from idea to finished script, followed by research and then all the way to final artwork. 

About Fabian Stoltz

Born in 1972 in Freiburg/Breisgau. The first years he spent abroad and attended a French school. He studied communication design and illustration in Augsburg, Paris and Hamburg, where he received his diploma in 2004, since then he works freelance as an illustrator. His publications include: "Stories from the Nineties”, “Grosse Freiheit” (with Anja Kasten and Michael Schmid). In 2018, "What happened before", collected strips from Der Freitag will be published by Edition Breitkopf. Fabian has also been published in u.A. Panic Electric, Moga Mobo, Concrete, Taz and The Friday.

Please find here a short video clip of Fabian sketching: https://we.tl/BUEleJUAPr

About Jai Undurti 

Jai Undurti has a background in journalism and writes for leading publications on travel and popular culture. Undurti started Every City is a Story – a unique city-centric graphic storytelling initiative. His other interests include chess and science-fiction. He is the creative director of Syenagiri, a graphic novel studio. 
 

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO GZH (PASCH & BKD) SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY

 

 

BEGINNERS' BOOK CLUB

The first of its kind, our very own Beginners’ Book Club at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is kicking off in March. The idea is to help students take a dip into the richness of German Books in the library.

The book in focus for March; Eva, Wien by Thomas Silvin has about 40 pages which is to be read, explored and on the announced date students are invited to the Mediathek to express their view of the reading in the form of a story.

Our aim is to prepare Beginners to start reading longer texts than what they find in their textbooks. We have a great collection of short novellas which provide an interesting as well as comprehensible look into skills like Vocabulary, Reading comprehension and Grammar. 

The point of getting together to discuss the contents of a book is to motivate deeper thought and building confidence in Learners so that they can form and express opinions in a casual environment. 

Selected books available at the mediathek starting the 1st of March. All GZH students are welcome!

 
 
 

Info Session: Entering the German Job Market

With Germany providing increasing opportunities to international professionals, over the past few years the country has gained popularity amongst Indians aspiring a career abroad. However, there are many things to consider before making it to Germany.

On 24 Feb 2018, ProRecognition and the Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad will deliver a session on entrance criteria to the German job market, including:

  • Job opportunities for various professions
  • Recognition of qualifications
  • German language requirements

ProRecognition is a service of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, coordinated by the Associations of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Since 2015, ProRecognition has been advising individuals on recognition of qualifications, job search, and working in Germany.

 

FILM FESTIVAL: Naa Bangaaru Talli

Naa Bangaru Thalli

Dir: Rajesh Touchriver, 2h 6min, Colour, 2014

Telugu film Naa Bangaru Talli is based on a true story of sex trafficking. The film is directed by Rajesh Touchriver and produced by his wife Dr. Sunitha Krishnan. It bagged three national awards in May 2014. The script is based on the true story of a girl who was rescued by Dr. Sunitha Krishnan.

 

The film's director Mr. Rajesh Touchriver will be present himself to enlighten the audience with a brief talk on sex trafficking.

Venue:

Golden Threshold University of Hyderabad

Sarojini Naidu Building, Nampally Station Road, Abids, Hyderabad 

Time: 6:45 pm

 

 

BSAP TALK | Tropical herpetofauna of the mountains and islands in India

Tropical herpetofauna of the mountains and islands in India

Tropics are known for high species richness and endemism. In addition to the effect of the tropics, species richness is further accentuated by geological features such as mountains and islands. They influence species distributions and increase endemism in these regions. India has both mountains and islands in the tropics, and they harbor high levels of species richness and endemism. The ecological processes that influence these patterns in species richness are thought to be similar in the two ecosystems. In the talk, I will explore the patterns and the processes involved in shaping species richness in frogs and reptiles in them. These studies have important implications in understanding how organisms aggregate in space and time. It will guide us to appreciate the unique faunal diversity we cherish in these ecosystems, and engage in conserving them.

About the Speaker: Dr. Karthikeyan Vasudevan

Dr. Karthikeyan Vasudevan is a Senior Principal Scientist working at the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species  also known as LaCONES, located at Attapur, Hyderabad. It is a unit of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) focusing on conservation issues in country. He is a herpetologist and ecologist; with deep rooted interest in natural history of our country and likes to explore places, wildlife habitats and observe wild animals. He is presently, heading LaCONES, and serve in the area of conservation biology.

 

 

Stammtisch

Amateur Philosophers Unite: The Life of Hannah Arendt


The word Stammtisch refers "regular's table". In this edition of Stammtisch we intend to invite the amateur Philosophers to delve into the minds of one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century Hannah Arendt.

Hannah Arendt (1906 -1975) was born into a German-Jewish family. She was forced to leave Germany in 1933 and lived in Paris for the next eight years, working for a number of Jewish refugee organisations. In 1941 she immigrated to the United States and soon became part of a lively intellectual circle in New York. She held a number of academic positions at various American universities until her death in 1975. 

 

Workshop: Reversing Diabetes & Hypertension

Date: Saturday 17th February 2018

Time: 9 am – 5:30 pm

Venue: Goethe-Zentrum, 20 Journalist's Colony Road No. 3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

 

Reversing Diabetes & Hypertension
 

Reversing diabetes and high blood pressure means going back to where you were – no more medicines, and normal lab reports.

6 good reasons why you should join this program NOW to PREVENT and REVERSE Diabetes and High BP and other lifestyle diseases.

1. They are reversible. These need not be a life sentence! Thousands of people have done it.
2. The food is delicious, and easy to make. The lifestyle is enjoyable.
3. You can get rid of the costs of medicines and doctors forever. Being sick costs a lot.
4. Being sick means loss of work days, low energy, reduced efficiency.
5. Both diabetes and high blood pressure have many complications – heart attacks, kidney disease, visual disturbances, and more.
6. Medicines have a lot of side effects, and are a load on the liver and kidneys.

This program is based on scientific evidence and gives you practical guidelines about the best way to eat in order to re-create health.

DIABETES: Many people have reduced and even stopped all medications and injections after attending this one day program.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Learn how to reverse most cases of high blood pressure, clogging of the arteries, high cholesterol and abnormal lipid profiles. Free yourself from medicines!

What you will receive

  • 5 hours of eye opening lecture on nutrition and its link to disease

  • 3 gourmet plant-based meals (breakfast, lunch and snacks)

  • A booklet packed with all the important notes and information you will need to continue on your path to health

SHARAN

Contribution* (Rs)
Rs 6000 per person.
Rs 10500 per couple (A couple means husband and wife or two people living in the same house).
Rs 18500 for family of 3-4.
Rs 21000 for 4 friends.
Rs 4250 for repeaters (those who have done our one day seminars – Peas vs Pills, Reversing Diabetes or Reversing Heart Disease and Hypertension).

Early Bird Discount: Rs 750 off per person till 13th Feb 2018.
Note: Please deposit cash or cheque before the Early Bird date ends (midnight), or else full rate(s) will be applicable.

https://sharan-india.org/events/reversing-diabetes-and-hypertension-27/

*Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Snack & Course materials. 18% GST will be added to any payment as per government regulations.

Presenter: Dr Nandita Shah

  

Reversing Diabetes & Hypertension

 

Exhibition of Lithographs: Travels of Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817-1849) to India

 

Prince Waldemar's travel to India

Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817-1849), a nephew of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, was a remarkable person with a deep obsession for travelling and curiosity about distant countries beyond the boundaries of Europe as well as an impetus for military bravery.  Alexander von Humboldt, world renowned explorer and scholar of the Americas, inspired the young prince – in line with the ‘knowledge project’ of the Enlightenment era – to make a journey to India.

Waldemar was a highly talented artist. He made hundreds of fine sketches and watercolours in India, depicting landscapes, village life, monuments or the adventures of the Anglo-Sikh battles. Many of these were skillfully turned into lithographs later in Berlin. The visual and textual material that the Prince brought back from India was published posthumously in 1853 in the book “In Memory of the Travels of Prince Waldemar of Prussia to India 1844-1846”. For his research he was awarded the doctorate by Cambridge University in 1848.

While in India, Prince Waldemar wrote a comprehensive diary, many notes and essays elaborating his observations and ideas. The outcome of this journey to India consisted of innumerable notes on the cultural, historical, social and political scenery of India, valuable because they were of first-hand observations, and many sketches and drawings. His personal sketches of landscapes and monuments, depicting beautiful scenery and idyllic landscapes are of great value in the framework of the 19th century aesthetic perceptions, as these are seemingly devoid of negative signs, but more like purged picture-perfect depictions of the picturesque, the idyllic and the harmony of nature’s beauty – discovered in these distant lands. The original sketches were skillfully turned into lithographs by two of the best known lithographers of the time in Berlin, Ferdinand Bellermann and Hermann Kretzschmer, who were both familiar with the visual vocabulary of distant and exotic regions on account of previous journeys to South America and the Orient. Alexander von Humboldt had admired these works as being “endowed with life and artistic value”.    

Hailing from a military-inclined royal dynasty, he was drawn into the fighting of the first Anglo-British Sikh War of 1844-45, in Moodkee, Ferozeshah and Sabraon. For reasons of familial relationships and also because the Commander-in-Chief of the British troops, Sir Henry Hardinge, was a personal friend of Waldemar’s father, he fought on the British side. The war “ended in the occupation of the Punjab by the British and during which 230 cannons were captured. Lord Hardinge recommended to the British East India Company to award two of these cannons to Prince Waldemar for this bravery during the battle”, as is mentioned in a document in the Hessische Staatsarchiv in Darmstadt. These cannons made their adventurous journey from India via London to Berlin and were exhibited in Monbijou Castle in 1849. 

A note on the lithographs

This exhibition of selected lithographs offers the opportunity to relive the unique trip of Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817-1849) - through India! His strong desire to explore the unknown world and to understand other cultures caused Prince Waldemar to start the greatest adventure of his life. At the age of 27 he started his expedition to India and along with his group of experienced professionals and friends reached Calcutta in January 1845. The destinations of his field studies included Patna, Kathmandu, Benaras, Delhi, Nainital, as well as the regions of the Himalayas up to Tibet and finally Lahore, Jaipur, Gwalior, Indore, and Bombay. Prince Waldemar was also drawn into the battles of the Anglo-Sikh war of 1844-45. The outcome of this journey to India comprised valuable first-hand observations and innumerable sketches, drawings and water colours. After his early death in 1849, this visual material was published and highly admired, also by Alexander von Humboldt. With these lithographs, beautifully reproduced by the Punjab Heritage and Tourism Promotion Board, we are able to see “Old India” with the eyes of the prominent traveller from Prussia.

The Punjab Tourism department has compiled and printed the lithographs of Prince Waldemar of Prussia in the form of an Album which was launched by the German Embassy in cooperation with the Tourism at Cultural Affairs department, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh.

Direktor Randhawa addressing the audience explained that the Album throws light on the first Anglo-Sikh war, cultural, historical, social and political scenery of India and Punjab.  The launch of this Album would be of great assistance to historians, especially the historians of Punjab and future generations who conduct their respective studies and research. 

Dr. Jutta Jain-Neubauer

Jutta Jain-Neubauer studied Indian art history at the University of Heidelberg (MA) and at Bonn University (PhD). Her decades-long work on water architecture in India resulted in the book: Water Design. Environment and Histories edited by her (Mumbai 2016). Other areas of her specialization include research on German travellers to India during the 19th century and their aesthetic and cultural perceptions of India, on which she published the article “Curiosity and its Aesthetics. Alexander von Humboldt, the Schlagintweit Brothers and Prince Waldemar of Prussia and India” (Indo-AsiatischeZeitschrift, 17, 2013). She received a follow-up grant of the Feodor-Lynen Research Programme under the aegis of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation in affiliation with JNU in 2015 to continue her research on this subject. She has lectured extensively on her work in India and abroad.

 

10 YEARS OF PASCH

German Day Celebrations of NASR Girls and NASR Boys at GZH on 05 February 2018

 

 

German Movie Night: OH BOY (A Coffee in Berlin)

OH BOY (A Coffee in Berlin)

Director: Jan Ole Gerster, b/w, 1h 26min, 2014

Niko is in his late 20s and recently dropped out of college. He lives for the moment, drifting sleeplessly through the streets of Berlin, marvelling at the people around him. But, one day, everything changes, and Niko is forced to confront the consequences of his inaction. His girlfriend ends their relationship, his father cuts off his allowance and a psychiatrist diagnoses him with an ‘emotional imbalance’. Meanwhile a peculiar beauty from his past confronts him with the emotional wounds he inflicted, his new neighbor – accompanied by meatballs and Schnapps – pours his heart out and, throughout the city, there doesn’t seem to be a single cup of ‘normal’ coffee available.

 
 

10 YEARS OF PASCH

10 YEARS OF PASCH

PASCH : “Schools: Partners for the Future”

PASCH initiative was launched in Februry 2008 by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office. PASCH strengthens and creates a global network of  schools with particular ties to Germany. The Goethe-Institute supports around 550 PASCH schools in the national education systems of over 100 countries.

The network of German schools abroad and schools offering the German Language Certificate is being strengthened through this initiative. Furthermore, cooperation with schools is being stepped up with a view to anchoring German as a foreign language more firmly within national education systems. In addition, scholarships for pursuing a course of study in Germany and opportunities for school exchanges are made available.

Goals of PASCH

The initiative is designed to arouse and sustain young people’s interest in and enthusiasm for modern-day Germamy, German society and the German language.

PASCH offers attractive training courses to students and teachers which will help them in the long term, to build up the skills to study in Germany and in their later professional lives.

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad supports  the PASCH schools to include or expand German teaching in their schools. It offers teachers further training in pedagogical methods and language courses and equips schools with modern multimedia-friendly teaching, learning and cultural activities.

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad offers varied cultural and educations programmes to PASCH Schools this year to celebrate 10 years of PASCH.
 

 

 

The Hyderabad Literary Festival 2018

HLF 2018 IS HERE!

Dates: Fri 26 Jan-Sun 28 Jan

Venue: HPS Begumpet

 
Programme Highlights

Spain in Focus

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain in India, Eduardo SÁNCHEZ MORENO and Cultural Attaché, Ignacio VITÓRICA HAMILTON will be at the Inaugural.

Seven leading writers from Spain.

Kannada: the Indian Language in Focus

   - More than 10 leading Kannada authors and artistes

   - Sessions on literature, theatre, film, and performance poetry of Karnataka

   - Panel on the language crisis in Karnataka.

Tributes to legendary artistes

Girija Devi (1929- 2017), Shashi Kapoor (1938- 2017), Tom Alter (1950- 2017), and Gauri Lankesh (1962- 2017).

Authors & artistes from

Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Serbia, Spain, UK,   USA, Wales...

Over 100 authors & artistes

Aruna Roy, Arundhati Nag, Chandan Gowda, Chandrashekhara Kambara,  Easterine Kire, Girish Kasaravalli, R Gopalakrishnan, Karuna Nundy, Perumal Murugan, Pratibha Nandakumar, Rajdeep Sardesai, Rammanohar Reddy, Ravinder Singh, Sagarika Ghose, Sanjna Kapoor, Seema Mustafa, Sherry Simon, Shiv Aroor, Sonal Mansingh, Madabhushi  Sridhar, Sujatha Rao, Uzramma, Vanamala Viswanatha, Vidya Rao …

Speakers’ profile

Authors, activists, artistes, film makers, fitness experts, legal luminaries, media          celebrities, thespians …

Session formats

Conversations, lec-dems, panel discussions, performances, readings, talks …

 

GZ AT Hyderabad Literature Festival 2018

 Collaborations with ARTPORT_making waves

ARTPORT_GOOD FOOD India is an international interdisciplinary incubator program bringing together multi-layered projects exploring the centrality of food to human existence and reflecting on an artist’s role in envisioning sustainable cultures. The program has been developed with a view to driving meaningful responses and actions towards sustainable living, through an exhibition, panel discussion, workshops and artist interventions. The Hyderabad Literary Festival, with its investment in evolving social and cultural interactions, is a significant platform for cultural practitioners, educators and others working for a better environment to join hands and collaboratively develop research, tools, and spaces that can incubate ideas of change.

Exhibition, screening & interactive performance “ARTPORT_GOOD FOOD” – curated by Lina Vincent Sunish, Associate Curator ARTPORT_making waves

Date – 26, 27 and 28.01.2017, through the day

ARTISTS: Madhu Reddy, Kalpit Gaonkar, Antara Mukherjee, Rajyashri Goody, Swathi & Vijay

CURATED VIDEO SCREENING: ARTISTS: Bhavani G S, Venugopal V G, Anjana Kothamachu, Danushka Marasinghe, Umesh Balavaradaraju, Swathi & Vijay, Rajyashri Goody

PERFORMANCE: Katarina Rasic “The Inside Story”

The compilation of work touches upon various aspects of food, its centrality in human existence and the impact of its production and consumption on contemporary times. The artists dig deep into personal and cultural contexts offering varied experiences of food, its memory and history, its political and social implications and impact on everyday life of the planet.

 

 

KRISHNAKRITI | MAPPING FRONTIERS CURATED BY LINA VINCENT SUNISH

Mapping Frontiers curated by Lina Vincent Sunish being held at the Goethe-Zentrum, Hyderabad is part of the 15th Krishnakriti Festival of Art and Culture, Hyderabad which is themed around mapping and cartography. It is being organized in collaboration with Bonjour India and presented by Telangana Tourism. A detailed schedule of the festival is available at www.krishnakriti.in.

The exhibition, Mapping Frontiers is themed around varied interpretations and manifestations of the act of mapping, seeking to build relationships between the cosmological, physical, personal and imaginary worlds. The compilation of works will extend and reference the vast collection of cartographic works in the collection of Prshant Lahoti. Artists are invited to explore the various dimensions of mapping, orienting the work broadly to the concept note. We are constantly locating ourselves in space, within time and history, within a series of ever expanding frontiers and boundaries marked by geographies, politics, cultures and social structures. Current technology provides multiple tools to measure, indicate, and define specific physical and spatial maps, sometimes virtually. On the other hand, divinations of other worldly dimensions, and measures of cosmic and mythological geographies also exist in every culture with ancient roots. Individuals are drawn to express maps of private and internal phenomenon, combining reality with imagination, and memory with experiential existence. Looking within the subtexts one can find a distinct pathway to navigate through various layers of earthly life, and what lies beyond its peripheries in the realm of the unknown. 

 

Exhibition on View : 5th January 2018 - 20 January 2018
Timings: 9:30 am - 6:30 pm
Exhibition closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
Open and Free to All

 

KUNSTFORUM | ARVIND CHENJI

As we begin the new year, Goethe-Zentrum is pleased to present an ART TALK by Arvind Chenji, as he shares his story of how he meandered his way into photography. Over a chat, he says,
 
 
"I will talk about, how photography has guided my life"

 
 

UMDENKEN - RE-THINK

UMDENKEN
RE-THINK - LEARNING FROM NATURE
 
Water, fire, earth and air: without these there is no life. People know this, and they have made use of the elements. The result was progress. But where are the limits of growth? Now that the natural equilibrium has been destabilised in many places – and has in some cases been lost forever – an era of rethinking has now begun.
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To take part in the quiz click here:

www.umdenken.in 

 

 

Run Lola Run

Director: Tom Tykwer, Colour, 1h 21min, 1998

After his girlfriend Lola's scooter is stolen, Manni, a courier for a crime boss, accidentally leaves 100,000 Deutschmarks on the subway, where it's stolen by a homeless man. He's dead if he doesn't bring it in, so he decides to rob a grocery store in order to make up for the loss. He helpfully informs Lola of this 20 minutes beforehand. Lola, whose father is a wealthy banker, decides to see if she can get Manni's money for him.

 

FESTIVAL CHORISTERS

The Festival Choristers, a group of musicians drawn from different faiths, walks of life and ages, have been delighting the Twin City audiences with Christmas music of the finest kind since 2006.  The members are united by their commitment to spread the messages of peace, love and harmony, through music, at Christmas.  “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me” is what they strive for.

This year their annual gift of Christmas music to the Twin Cities will be presented at the Ravindra Bharathi on December 12th and at its luxury partner – the Park Hyatt – on December 16th – both at 7 pm.  Enjoy this special time of the year in a festive atmosphere with the Festival Choristers.  Admission by invitation.

Saturday, 16 December

7:00 pm

Park Hyatt Hyderabad

ENTRY BY INVITATION ONLY

 

2nd International Hyderabad Jazz Festival

 
 

Brace yourself for an amazing two day Jazz extravaganza with half a dozen bands enthralling the Hyderabad Jazzlovers.

 

Goethe-Zentrum's contribution to the JAZZ festival...

 

C.A.R. will perform on 3rd December at Phoenix Arena, Entry Free and Open for All!!
 
About the German Band  C.A.R. ( elektronic / jazz / kraut Cologne, Germany )
 
Playing Jazz means breaking boundaries. Or to pretend that there are none. This is what C.A.R. do on their debut album „Beyond The Zero“. 
C.A.R. was founded in 2011 by Johannes Klingebiel and Kenn Hartwig in Cologne, Germany. Originally a quintet playing wild experimental jazz music with a pop approach, they eventually kicked the guitar and found their strength to be a subtly flowing melange of kraut-like arrangements infused with electronic and jazz sounds. Featuring drums, double bass, a wurlitzer stage piano, korg and oberheim synthesizers as well as an alto saxophone heavily altered by electronic effect devices, their tunes leave a lot of space for improvisation, but not in classical jazz way with one soloist dominating the music, but always as a delicate web of sound which has a potential to take their audience on an enticing trip. 
 
Leonhard Huhn — saxophone, electronics, voice

Christian Lorenzen — wurlitzer, analog synthesizers

Kenn Hartwig — double bass, effects

Johannes Klingebiel — drums

Come take a quick trip into JAZZ! Satisfaction guaranteed!


 

 

German Movie Day: DER ZWEITE TRAUM

Der zweite Traum (The Second Dream) 

Director: Lennart Laberenz, Colour, 60min, 2009

Christoph Schlingensief is staging Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” at the Manaus opera house. The opera house was the first venue in Brazil to stage the complete “Ring” cycle, and now it has engaged Christoph Schlingensief. Filmmaker Lennart Laberenz followed Schlingensief in Manaus during rehearsals, tribulations and location shooting in the Amazon jungle. The film is an intimate study of the creation of one of Schlingensief’s characteristic multi-faceted works comprising film shooting, stage work and people management.

 

 

International Permaculture Convergence

The International Permaculture Convergence will be held in two distincts segments. Come and engage with like-minded people to think, share, innovate, learn, dialogue together in a diverse and engaging programme and listen to 100+ speakers. IPC India 2017 is a kid-friendly event, your children are welcome as well!
 
An opportunity for PDC holders to connect more deeply with each other and the theme. The Convergence is a five-day residential, experiential learning forum where the program emerges out from the contributions of the participants through demonstrations and hands-on experiences.
 
The IPC India 2017 will guide and inspire more than 1200+ participants from 70+ countries. Permaculturists, sustainability thinkers and followers, policy makers, researchers, academicians, the young and the seasoned, rural and urban - all converge to strategize and design regenerative solutions to the global environmental challenges.

 

International Permaculture Conference

INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE CONFERENCE

25 – 26 NOVEMBER | CONFERENCE

9:00 AM – 7:00 PM, PJTSAU

 

It's time to gather again and we look forward to reuniting with you! We're very excited to count you in our growing permie community in India and would love to welcome you in Hyderabad for the 13th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC) scheduled from November 25 to December 2, 2017 in Hyderabad, Telangana. Happening every two years since 1985, IPCs are 100% solution focused events drawing the best and the brightest permaculturists and other sustainable living practitioners from around the world to help put together visionary solutions for a better world. If you attended the National Permaculture Convergence with us in February 2016 you already had a taste of what to expect, but this was just an appetizer! The IPC will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of the permaculture movement in India. 

 
The theme of IPC India 2017 is 'Towards Healthy Societies', supported by six specific strands of activity which are now more than ever seen as key topics at the heart of permaculture projects in India and across the globe:
 


Get in touch with IPC:

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Movie Screening: BECAUSE WE DID NOT CHOOSE

ONE AND ONLY CHANCE TO MEET THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF

At the MAIDEN SCREENING in Hyderabad

Moving Images and Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad proudly present BECAUSE WE DID NOT CHOOSE.  Shot over a period of 4 years, this is the only film from India that examines the participation of indigenous labour in the theatres of First World War.The film is a meticulous documentation of the journey made by the labourers from North East India to the war front?. 

 24TH NOVEMBER| MOVIE SCREENING

BECAUSE WE DID NOT CHOOSE

by

Wanphrang K Diengdoh

6:30 PM, HAMBURG HALL

GOETHE-ZENTRUM HYDERABAD

 

Director: Wanphrang K Diengdoh| Documentary | 92 mins | English | Khasi |Welsh | Pnar

100 years have passed since the First World War began- the war that was the beginning of all wars. Some of the war experiences are evident today while some have been internalised as time glosses over pages of history. ‘Because we did not choose’ looks at the First World War and the involvement of communities at a time when spaces inhabited by them were transitioning or struggling to accommodate modernity and the rest of its implications. The film is produced by the Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad, red dur productions and the Govt. of Meghalaya.

Wanphrang K Diengdoh is an independent film maker and is the founder of red dur, a production space for films and music. His films, music videos and installation works reflect his interest in the culture and politics of the space he comes from. In 2009, he was awarded the public arts grant from the Foundation of Indian Contemporary arts for his installation Kali Kamai. In 2011, his debut short film bagged all the awards at the GISFF Film Festival. 

In collaboration with:

 

Kunstforum and Photo Exhibition: INNOCENCE

Take a trip down the memory lane into the yesteryears of your childhood together with 

Mona Singh : Kunstforum & Photo Exhibition 

Innocence

Art Talk and Opening: 23 November, 6:30 pm

On View: 24 November – 2 December  09:30 am – 6:30 pm, Hamburg Hall, GZH

There is a certain perfection that only children can seek. There is an enormous capacity of joy that only children can have. There is a world free of judgment, opinions and labels that only children can create. Innocence. That’s what makes these young faces so beautiful. That’s what makes those mischievous smiles reach the depth of their eyes. That’s what makes this world worth living in. Mona Singh’s exhibition explores this phenomenon of innocence by capturing it through the lens of her camera and according to her, her images are perhaps only a “tiny speck of the abundant innocence that children possess”.

 

Mona Singh : The adventurous street photographer

Mona Singh is like a gypsy photographer that always travels with her camera in her backpack. She believes in capturing an event that’s spontaneous, treating each moment as fleeting as if it’s the last. A devout follower of the concept of the Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier Bresson, her passion for street photography has won her many accolades. She also curates for art4u.com, an online venture that promotes artists from across the globe and helps them become accessible to everyone.           

 

 

BSAP Talk: LOOKING FOR THE BIRD IN THREE CENTURIES OF BIRDING LITERATURE

BSAP and Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad are pleased to present, a talk by the most renowned name in South Asian Birding Literature, ornithologist, bibliophile, and bibliographer

AASHEESH PITTIE

talking of 

Looking for the Bird in three centuries of Birding Literature 

on

Tuesday, 21 November 6:30 pm

Hamburg Hall, GZH.

About the Talk:

How does one search 300 years of South Asian birding literature? This talk is about the attempt to catalogue and create an online database, by wading through a vast body of published birding literature.

 
 

Aasheesh Pittie

Aasheesh Pittie is interested in the history of ornithology. He is the author of Birds in Books (2010), a bibliography of books published on South Asian ornithology over the past 300 years. He edits Indian BIRDS, a bi-monthly ornithology journal.

 

 

200 YEARS OF CYCLE

The world’s first bicycle ride took place 200 years ago on June 12th, 1817. In Mannheim, southwestern Germany, and local aristocrat Baron Karl von Drais appeared in public, sitting on a wooden frame, with two wheels and an upholstered armrest. Using his home-made “laufmaschine” (running machine), later dubbed a “dandyhorse” or “draisine” after its inventor, the baron managed a 14km trip in less than hour. Faster than the post coach, this was a one-man mobility revolution. 

 

We at Goethe-Zentrum are celebrating this humble invention in a GRANDIOSE way..
 
Join us for a bike ride along the necklace road 
Ride Start: 7:30 am, HBC Necklace Road
Ride End: 8:30 am, Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls, Saifabad
 
Event Venue: 9:00 am, Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls,
Saifabad
 
Let this become an unforgettable leisure ride to celebrate the health of Hyderabad with other cycling enthusiasts. This beautiful journey starts early Sunday morning from HBC Necklace Road, along the necklace road leading to Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls where you will experience a visual treat and listen to real stories about the cycling saga in Hyderabad followed by a sumptuous breakfast.
 
Don’t miss:

Storytelling by Sekhar Goud

From waking up in a mortuary to cycling from Leh, Ladakh to Kanyakumari; Sekhar Goud a para-cyclist has seen it all. Listen to his story and what cycling means to him. These and many more tales...

 

German Movie Night: VERGISS MEIN NICHT (FORGET ME NOT)

Winner of the 
Locarno International Film Festival 2012 Award
&
Nominee under the category "Best Documentary Film 2013", German Film Awards
 
Goethe-Zentrum presents
9TH NOVEMBER | GERMAN MOVIE NIGHT

VERGISS MEIN NICHT

Forget Me Not -- Loosing memory, finding love

6:30 PM, HAMBURG HALL

GOETHE-ZENTRUM HYDERABAD

 

Director: David Sieveking | 1h 28min | Documentary, Biography, Family | 2013 
 

Filmmaker David Sieveking portays the home care of his mother who, like 2 million other people in Germany, suffers from Alzheimer's Disease. David's parents had been a part of the student movement in the sixties and led an open relationship, which is now put to the test dramatically by the disease. The whole family has to deal with the smoldering conflicts to find a new solidarity.

The changes taking place within the mother forces the family to deal with its own conflicts and even teaches them new ways to express their feelings and experience intimacy, bringing them all closer together.

With humor and candor, David Sieveking’s family chronicle is characterized by unaffected participation and loving affection, where it is the human being at the center of the story, not the illness.

ENTRY FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!

 
 

 

German Movie Day: LIVE AND LET LIVE

The first week of November is celebrated worldwide as World Vegan Week. Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is pleased to present

1st NOVEMBER| GERMAN MOVIE

LIVE AND LET LIVE

6:30 PM, HAMBURG HALL

GOETHE-ZENTRUM HYDERABAD

 


Director: Marc Pierschel, colour, 1h 20min, 2013/14

 “LIVE AND LET LIVE”

Live and Let Live is a feature documentary examining our relationship with animals, the history of veganism and the ethical, environmental and health reasons that move people to go vegan.

Food scandals, climate change, lifestyle diseases and ethical concerns move more and more people to reconsider eating animals and animal products. From butcher to vegan chef, from factory farmer to farm sanctuary owner – Live and Let Live tells the stories of six individuals who decided to stop consuming animal products for different reasons and shows the impact the decision has had on their lives.

“The idea behind animal liberation is that we have excluded animals from moral consideration and that this is really a prejudice.”

-  Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics and moral philosopher

"When eating animals is not a necessity for survival which is the case in much of the world today, not all of the world but in much of the world today, then it is a choice and choices always stem from beliefs."

- Melanice Joy, Sociologist & Psychologist

ENTRY FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

Snacks will be served at 6:15 pm

  

 

BSAP Talk: WINTERING BIRDS – IDENTIFICATION OF WADERS

About Anita Negi

Anita Negi is an avid birdwatcher, who has been birding for over 12 years now. Her knowledge of birds is limited not just to identifying the species, but she also specializes in understanding the habitat, relating that to the existence of the species and take a holistic view of the probability of the identity of a particular species.

About Wintering Birds

During the winters there are many birds that migrate from different parts of the world to the tropical regions to escape the cold weather and consequent shortage of food in their own breeding regions. One of the types which need a lot of attention and understanding are the wading birds, referred to by birders as "waders". These birds offer a challenge to birders in terms of identification and we shall be concentrating on a few of the species which can be quite confusing when seen in the field but, by careful observation of certain key pointers, they are not difficult to identify.

 

Please join us in this beautiful journey and explore the unique world of wading birds.

 

 

Stammtisch: FESTS IN GERMANY AND INDIA

STAMMTISCH @GZH

The "Stammtisch", a regular casual get-together, offers students of German the opportunity to converse in German with each other, as well as with native speakers - Germans living and working in Hyderabad. The evening usually starts with a film screening, which serves as an exercise in comprehension, a glimpse into German culture and a springboard for discussion.

The themes planned for the months of September. October and November are real-time practical issues that any lover of the language will definitely have something to say about.

Announcements of the dates and timings will be made on our face book page and sent to you in emails if you are subscribed to our list.

 

 

Photo Exhibition: SOLO

PHOTO EXHIBITION by RAHUL GHOSH

SOLO

OPENING: 12 OCTOBER, 6:30 PM

ON VIEW: 12 – 24 OCTOBER

 

 

About the Artist

Rahul Ghosh is a psychologist and an actor based in Hyderabad, India. His work has taken him to four different countries in the past 10 years, where he had to set up a life as an outsider. This introduced him to a variety of natural, urban, and psychological landscapes and primarily, to the biggest epidemic of modern times: loneliness. Photography has been his way of making sense of the world (and himself) for about a decade now. To see more of his work, visit sidewalksolo.tumblr.com.

About the Exhibition

Cities have a way of culturing solitude. We rub shoulders with hundreds of people whom we will never speak to. Seas of faces pass us by daily, perhaps thousands. So many lives wash over us, unwitnessed. 

SOLO scrutinises urban loneliness in different cities at different times over the past eight years. Featuring the streets and people primarily of New York, Paris, Sydney and Hyderabad, the work invites the viewer to spend a little bit longer than the fleeting moment with the mundane on freeze-frame, and perhaps resolving for themselves, the lines separating loneliness and solitude. 

This is the third edition of an expanding series on urban solitude, a project begun about seven years ago. It is curated by Pratika Yashaswi.

 

German Movie Day: 24 WOCHEN (24 WEEKS)

11TH OCTOBER | GERMAN MOVIE DAY

24 WOCHEN (24 WEEKS)

11:30 AMMediathek

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad

 

Director: Anne Zohra Berrached, Colour, 1h 43min, 2015/16

About the Film

24 Weeks (24 Wochen) follows the difficult path chosen by a German couple when their unborn baby is diagnosed with Down’s syndrome and another more fatal condition, obliging them to ask the kind of questions that any expecting parents would hope to avoid.

A deeply moving drama about an expectant mother faced with an almost impossible decision: whether or not to proceed with the birth of a disabled child. A brave and forcefully narrated film that lingers a long time.

“How does one navigate this sort of impossible decision? This is the question 24 Weeks dares to ask; though it leaves out the common theological questions in favour of exploring the impact of Germany's own history on modern attitudes, in which 300,000 disabled individuals fell victim to the Holocaust.”

- The Independent

 

 

IGNA Seminar: URBANISATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

URBANISATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

9:00 am – 6:00 pm

National Geophysical Research Institute Hyderabad

About IGNA

IGNA was established in May 1985. The membership comprises mainly scientists and technocrats from National Geophysical Research Institute, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Electronics Corporation of India Ltd., and also from Public sector undertakings and private business establishments located in Hyderabad.

About the Seminar

The seminar focuses on the extents to which environmental and social changes determine each other. And also if alternative ways of living can be designed to ensure sustainability. Speakers for this topic are invited both from India and from Germany.  We will provide opportunity for NGO-s and other organisations/agencies and other stakeholders who are working in this direction and would be interested in interactions with general public and other experts.

Speakers

Prof. Vimal Mishra, IIT Gandhinagar Gujarat

Prof. V. Vinoj, IIT Bhubneshwar Orissa

Dr. Kala Seetharam, Institute of Social and Economic Changes, Bangalore

Dr. Madhavi Jain, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi

Dr. Biksham Gujja, AgSRI Hyderabad

Prof. Harini Nagendra, Azim Premji University

Dr. Frauke Krass, Koln University, Germany

Dr. Kerstin Krellenberg, Helmholtz Centre for Environment Research, UFZ Leipzig, Germany

 

 

German Movie Night: HERBERT (A HEAVY HEART)

HERBERT (A HEAVY HEART)

Director: Thomas Stuber, Colour, 1h 49min, 2015

About the Film

Herbert Stamm, once famous as "The Pride of Leipzig", left his greatest successes as a boxer behind him long ago. Now he earns his keep as a debt collector and bouncer while, on the side, he trains young, hopeful boxer Eddy. Herbert’s daughter hasn’t seen him for years, and he keeps his girlfriend at arm’s length too. He ignores the first signs of a serious illness until a diagnosis catches up with him: the gigantic man is suffering from ALS, an incurable disorder of the motor nervous system that is advancing relentlessly. Herbert tries to put the ruins of his life in order in a timely fashion.

„Peter Kurth showed the most outstanding acting performance of the festival, standing ovations after the premiere lasted several minutes. He should be considered as one of the candidates for the German Cinema Award.” 

- Spiegel Online

ENTRY FREE AND OPEN TO ALL!

 

GERMAN MOVIE NIGHT | KINSHASA SYMPHONY

GERMAN MOVIE NIGHT is a free monthly film programme of the best of German cinema presented by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. The films are chosen for their artistry and relevance to the theme of each month’s events.

 

KINSHASA SYMPHONY

Director: Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer, colour, 95 min., 2010

The film "Kinshasa Symphony" shows how people living in one of the most chaotic cities in the world have managed to forge one of the most complex systems of human cooperation ever invented: a symphony orchestra. It is a film about the Congo, about the people of Kinshasa and about music.

 

Snacks will be served at 06:15pm.

 

VEGAN FILM SCREENING | COWSPIRACY: THE SUSTAINABILIY SECRET

ABOUT COWSPIRACY: THE SUSTAINABILIY SECRET

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it. Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill. Yet it goes on, almost entirely unchallenged. As Andersen approaches leaders in the environmental movement, he increasingly uncovers what appears to be an intentional refusal to discuss the issue of animal agriculture, while industry whistleblowers and watchdogs warn him of the risks to his freedom and even his life if he dares to persist.

As eye-opening as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth, this shocking yet humorous documentary reveals the absolutely devastating environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers a path to global sustainability for a growing population.

 

Snacks will be served at 6:15 pm.

 

INTERCULTURAL TALK | DEUTSCHLAND - LIVE

ABOUT THE TALK

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is inviting students and everyone interested in Germany to an intercultural meeting with Lisa Breidenstein, a German intern from Bavaria at Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. She is a student of history and political science from the University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen).


Lisa will talk on various topics relevant to students aspiring to pursue a career in Germany. She will throw some light on living in that country, the higher education system there and life of a foreign student, based on her own experiences at the University. You can also ask some questions about living and studying in Germany.


 

DAAD WEBINAR

STUDY AND RESEARCH IN GERMANY

Every year, thousands of international students and scholars choose to study in Germany. The webinar will acquaint the participants with the study and research scenario in Germany, university system, life in Germany etc.

 

For more inforamtion: https://www.daad.de/en/

 

ECOMELA

ABOUT ECOMELA

Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad is celebrating the whole month as Environmental April. The ever-popular Eco-Bazaar, Ecomela, together with different other events will take place in contribution of this. It brings together like-minded people in their love for Mother Earth and the preservation of the environment in a spirit of goodwill and warm camaraderie. There will be three sessions about ALTERNATIVE LIVING and different stalls.

T. VIJAYENDRA is a B. Tech. (Electronics) from I. I. T. Kharagpur. He lives on an organic farm in the foothill of the Western Ghats. His topic will be the debate about milk. Some people swear by milk and for some it is one of the 5 white poisons. We will show that there is an ecological and historical basis for different positions and how plentiful cheap resources in the last 100 years have fogged the argument. In future when these energy resources will not be available we will revert to the traditional situation with a bit more knowledge.

 

One event of the Ecomela will be held by KIDDOGARDENER. KiddoGardener is a cause driven organisation to facilitate and empower children to co-create the new green urban with its innovative Urban Eco Labs (UEL) in schools and corporates. This new and needed concept is readily embraced by some of the Top international schools in Hyderabad.

 

Another Part of the Fest will be SARASWATI KAULA, it will be screen two short movies, “Many faces of madness” and “Vision 2020”, followed by a discussion.

 

GROUP EXHIBITION | LIFE-PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS | MASOOD HUSSAIN, CARLOS DELPOZO, HARI PRIYA & JOE KOSTER

What happens when four (amateur) photographers meet?

Come and see their images of people, wildlife, landscapes, art, cultures…!

 

 

ABOUT MASOOD HUSSAIN

Massood Hussain’s journey as wildlife photographer began in 2010, when he started to use the medium of photography to record those scintillating moments which he witnessed in the wild. He sincerely believes that his images will help portray the true beauty of nature and will influence people to admire and conserve it. A defining moment of his journey was when he was awarded the coveted distinction AFIAP, by the International Federation of Photographic Art, France.

 

ABOUT CARLOS DELPOZO

Carlos delPozo, a Spanish national has been in India for the past 6 years and taught Spanish in schools in both Bangalore and Hyderabad, currently at ISH (International School of Hyderabad). His passion for photography started taking shape in 2012 particularly towards landscapes. Since then photography and travel have become his two inseparable passions.

 

ABOUT HARI PRIYA

Hari Priya grew up with photography, her grandpa was a certified photographer in 1950s. Her love was shown, when her dad gifted a Kodak camera, from then it kept growing. Though she did B.Tech, her passion for Art & Design didn't let her pursue engineering as profession. As a result, she became a Lifestyle Accessory Designer by graduating from NIFT. But her journey with photography has always been in parallel and will continue so.

 

ABOUT JOE KOSTER

Joe Koster, a Swiss national who has been living on and off in Hyderabad since 2003. Besides his love for photography, he did an exhibition “The Joy of Living” at ICCR Art Gallery in RavindraBharati in 2009, Joe is a trained musician and runs the Hyderabad Western Music Foundation and HWMF Academy. He is associated with the Deccan Voices and the Hyderabad Youth Ensemble as a conductor and is involved in a Swiss-NGO.

 

WOMEN’S MARCH | FILM SCREENINGS | SCHOENEFELD BOULEVARD

About Schoenefeld Boulevard

Director: Sylke Enders, colour, 101 min, 2014

Cindy spends her teenage years in the Berlin suburb of Schönefeld, where her hopes stand still. The fact that the "raisin bomber", as the father jokingly calls her, could ever make something out of her live, even doubt their own parents. The eighteen-year-old believes that Danny, her neighbour and fellow-sufferer since childhood, is right in one thing: her parents would rather have had the child from the caretaker, because that was already dead. When Danny departs to Afghanistan and Cindy is on her own, she accidentally meets the Finnish airport engineer LEIF. Cindy takes the little bit of life and, to the surprise of everyone, breaks out of her traces.


Snacks will be served at 6:15pm.


 

WOMEN’S MARCH | FILM SCREENINGS | PHOENIX

ABOUT PHOENIX

Director: Christian Petzold, colour, 98 min, 2015

Nelly, a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, Nelly emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband, Johnny, doesn't recognize her. Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise as she tries to figure out if the man she loves may have been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis. Evoking the shadows and haunted mood of post-war Berlin, Phoenix weaves a complex tale of a nation's tragedy and a woman's search for answers as it builds towards an unforgettable, heart-stopping climax.


Snacks will be served at 6:15pm.

 

WOMEN’S MARCH | FILM SCREENINGS | GHOSTS

ABOUT GHOSTS (GESPENSTER)

Director: Christian Petzold, colour, 86 minutes, 2005

A man travels from Paris to Berlin. He’s looking for his wife. He will find her in a sanatorium and take her back to Paris with him. His wife goes to Berlin every year. She is desperately searching for her daughter. In 1989, their daughter was abducted at the age of three. And she has remained unaccounted for.

One day the woman discovers a girl, Nina. She is a vagrant, a drifter. An itinerant, young woman. She roams around with another girl named Toni. She’s a girl who takes what she wants. A thief. The wife believes that Nina is her missing daughter.

Ghosts are apparitions who don’t want to accept that they are dead. They haunt the twilight regions, the realm between the living and the dead. They hope that love can make them come alive again. It is phantoms like these, which concern us here.


Snacks will be served at 6:15pm.

 

GERMAN MOVIE DAY | CLOSE TO YOU

GERMAN MOVIE DAY is a free monthly film programme of the best of German cinema presented by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. The films are chosen for their artistry and relevance to the theme of each month’s events.

 

CLOSE TO YOU

(Ganz nah bei dir)

 

Director: Almut Getto, colour, 88 min., 2008

 

The lonely bank-employee Phillip follows a strict pattern of somewhat compulsive actions keeping his encounters with strangers to a minimum. When his home one day is robbed of all content and he later meets the enchanting blind cellist Lina, he finds, however, he needs to start improvising and taking chances.

Snacks will be served at 11:15am.

 

WOMEN’S MARCH | GENDER TALK | WHOSE IDENTITY? REFLECTIONS ON REPRESENTATIONS OF INDIAN WOMEN | MONIKA HIRMER

ABOUT MONIKA HIRMER

Monika Hirmer is currently pursuing a PhD in the Department of Religions and Philosophies, SOAS, University of London, which brings her to India to conduct her fieldwork. Monika has spent extended periods of time in India since 2008, working with the Goethe-Zentrum, Hyderabad and the German Research Foundation (DFG) first, and pursuing her MPhil in Anthropology from the University of Hyderabad successively. She holds an MA in South Asian Area Studies from SOAS and a BA in Media and Journalism from the University of Florence. Monika’s research interests comprise Hindu religious traditions, gender, concepts of personhood and ritual.

ABOUT THE SESSION

In “Whose identity? Reflections on representations of Indian women”, Monika Hirmer will take us through an engaging and informative overview of how perceptions of Indian women have changed over time across academic literature and popular Indian culture. Spanning from what has come to be known as second wave feminism up to today, the image of Indian women has evolved considerably: while in the 1970-80s prevailed a rather static notion of womanhood, primarily reflecting brahmanical ideas of purity/impurity, literature from the 1990s onwards highlights more fluid and dynamic aspects of Indian womanhood, which do not necessarily conform to mainstream value-systems. Interestingly, the shift in the perception of Indian women that has occurred in (largely western) scholarly literature is not always traceable across Indian popular culture. This invites us to reflect, on the one side, upon the extent to which change in the condition of Indian women has effectively occurred, and, on the other side, upon the degree to which academic discourses are representative of Indian women’s identities.

 

Snacks will be served at 6:15 pm.

 

BSAP | FILM SCREENING | THE LIFE OF BIRDS | EP. 3 THE INSATIABLE APPETITE

ABOUT BSAP

BSAP (Birdwatchers Society of Andhra Pradesh) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1980 by a few enthusiasts of Andhra Pradesh with the object of spreading the message of bird conservation. It organizes field trips, lectures, film and slide shows, nature camps, treks, waterfowl counts, bird ringing, and much more.

For more information visit: http://www.bsap.in/

 

ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY

On 16th March it will be screened the third episode, “The Insatiable Appetite”. The legendary David Attenborough takes another look at the natural history of bird life. This edition focuses on the remarkable variety of feeding habits employed by birds, from the hummingbird, whose long beak can sup nectar from the deepest blooms, to the acorn woodpecker, which peppers the trunks of trees with hundreds of holes to store enormous quantities of food.

 

Snacks will be served at 6:15pm.

 

WOMEN’S MARCH | PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION | THE ORDINARY CITY OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN | GEORGE HULL

ABOUT GEORGE HULL

George Hull, best known as the Saxophonist and Music teacher in Hyderabad, is a passionate photographer. He plays for a few bands in Hyderabad, Jazz for Joy, Jazzed Friends and few other bands.

George's passion for photography grew with the birth of his children Natalie and Jared. He likes to capture the interesting essence of ordinary lives. To him, the camera is a black box capturing the moment his eye is seeing. His photographs always capture a lot of emotional depth mixed with portraiture making you smile and some will move you.

 

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

This exhibition captures what it’s like to be a woman and a human being and their stories. These are outstanding women who inspire despite personal tragedies & challenges. This exhibit is an acknowledgement of the journey of accomplishment of these ordinary women, who inspire us by their extraordinary courage.

Some of the women on the photographs will join the exhibition opening and share their stories with the visitors.

 

WOMEN’S MARCH | GENDER TALK | AGNES SMEDLEY BETWEEN BERLIN, BOMBAY AND BEIJING: FEMINISM, SEXUALITY AND NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE | VERONIKA FUECHTNER

ABOUT VERONIKA FUECHTNER

Veronika Fuechtner is an Associate Professor of German at Dartmouth College and an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine. She also teaches in Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies. She is the author of Berlin Psychoanalytic: Psychoanalysis and Culture in Weimar Republic Germany and Beyond (University of California Press, 2011), the co-editor of Imagining Germany, Imagining Asia: Essays in Asian-German Studies (Camden House, 2013), and the co-editor of Towards a Global History of Sexual Science 1880-1950 (forthcoming with University of California Press, 2017).

 

ABOUT THE GENDER TALK

This talk, “Agnes Smedley between Berlin, Bombay and Beijing: Feminism, Sexuality and National Independence” illuminates the global connections of the worlds of feminism, sexual science and revolutionary politics using the example of the American journalist Agnes Smedley. Smedley was an early collaborator of the reproductive rights activist Margaret Sanger. She also had close ties to exiled Indian revolutionaries such as Lajpat Rai and Virendranath Chattopadhyaya. From 1920 to 1928, Smedley lived and worked in Berlin alongside Chattopadhyaya, writing about the Indian struggle for independence, the role of women and matters of sexuality. Before leaving Berlin for China, Smedley fell in love with the Indian student Bakar Ali Mirza. When he settled in Hyderabad, they briefly negotiated their relationship in letters. Their views on India and on themselves provide a further glimpse into how revolutionary politics shaped the way in which relationships were reimagined in the early 20th Century

 

JAZZ CONCERT | MAX CLOUTH CLAN

ABOUT MAX CLOUTH

In 2011, Max Clouth released his first solo CD. Titled simply “Guitar”, it presents his distinctive approach to Spanish, Indian, and Baroque music, all arranged for and performed on solo acoustic guitar. The Times of India praised the 23-minute long album as “great fusion”: The composer’s take: “Western music with an Indian vibe”, which he now tries to take to higher spheres through his electric Max Clouth Clan. In 2015 he was nominated for the Burghausen Jazz Prize and released his highly acclaimed album "Return Flight" on german major label L + R/Bellaphon.

 

ABOUT THE QUARTET & CONCERT

“Return Flight” is the title of that quartet’s first album, a title that has multiple meanings – literally flying, escape and all it implies, back and forth. The central theme: Being in motion. Precisely that describes “Return Flight”, just like “Guitar” before it – though in this band context with bassist Jonathan Sell and drummer Martin Standke, along with exceptional studio guests. “Return Flight” is soulful music whose spirit will touch listeners from all over the world.

 

The band will be supported by Varijashree Venugopal, an awarded Bangalore based carnatic vocalist and flautist. The concert will be opened at 7:30pm with Manmohan Raj, a vocalist and rhythm guitar player. Max Cloth Clan and Varijashree Venugopal will start after a short break, at 8:30pm.

 

 

ART TALK&FILM SCREENING

ABOUT THE FILM:
In a career spanning over fifty years, Krishen Khanna (90) has established himself as one of the most prolific and influential painters in the Indian art landscape. A Far Afternoon is a filmmaker’s attempt to memorialize the artistic process involved in the creation of the eponymous art work. It is obvious the piece has been influenced by memories collected over time, discrete images lodged in the artist’s mind and more nascent, less visible thoughts and ideas that dictate the choice of figures and colours.  The film delves into those influences that eventually rendered themselves on canvas.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Sruti Harihara Subramanian is a graduate in Visual Communication from the University of Madras.
She has worked as assistant to actor/director Revathy in the tele-film ‘Verrukku Neer’. She was the assistant director on the bilingual feature film Yaavarum Nalam (Tamil), 13B (Hindi), and 'Panjaa' (Telugu).  Sruti is the founder-trustee of The Cinema Resource Centre (TCRC). She has acted in the popular serial 'Sahana' directed by veteran K.Balachandran, as well as in the serial 'Chidambara Rahasyam’.

Entry: Free & Open to All

 

MEDIATHEK / GERMAN MOVIE DAY

ABOUT GERMAN MOVIE DAY: German Movie Day is a film programme that brings you day-time movies once a month from Germany. If you are a German student, an enthusiast of German culture or simply like watching matinees – this is the show for you! The themes of the films vary based on the cultural theme of the month, and are mostly light-hearted and cultural.
Director: Maurizius Staerkle-Drux, colour, 84 min., 2014
Gottfried Böhm (born in 1920) is widely regarded as Germany’s preeminent architect. His fame rests on numerous sacral buildings, with which he continued the work of his father, the master church builder Dominikus Böhm. Gottfried’s three sons, Stephen, Peter and Paul, have long been prominent architects as well. The film closely follows the family, examining a life marked by work – one that Gottfried Böhm’s wife, who sacrificed her own career for the sake of her husband, still participated in, despite her illness. Only after her death does the family become aware of the extent of her inspiration.

Snacks will be served at 11:15am

 

JAZZ CONCERT

ABOUT MELT TRIO

Two years ago the Trio, Meyer-Baumgärtner-Meyer from Berlin astounded laymen and experts equally. The brothers Peter and Bernhard Meyer on guitars and bass, and drummer Moritz Baumgärtner invented a sound that boldly yet humbly overrode all established concepts of jazz improvisation, alternative rock, ambient and experience of nature translated to sound, but even surpassed all known syntheses, avantgardisms and overlappings. A sound that unfolded its bouquet light-years away from any crossover. In free flight the three Berliners betook themselves from the known galaxies to a new sound-quadrant, that gets by without any exhibitionism. The abysmally overrated solo in jazz cannot be found here. To Meyer-Baumgärtner-Meyer it was all about degrees of density, states of matter and atmospheres. The group-conducive restraint of the three individual masters is exactly what accounts for the trio’s unique charm. And what was the name of their first album? “Melt.”

 

EXPERT TALK | VINOD PAVARALA

Radio Revolten is a month-long radio art festival being held in Halle, Germany from October 1-31 2016. About 70 artists from 17 countries will present contemporary art at various locations in the city in the form of installations, performances, concerts and interventions.  On air, the festival will broadcast over radio, with 35 radio stations across the world relaying different parts.  Radio Corax, a pioneering free radio station in Halle, has invited Prof. Vinod Pavarala, the UNESCO Chair on Community Media at University of Hyderabad, to attend the festival and participate in some of the related seminars and workshops being organized at the festival. Prof. Pavarala in this talk at GZ will share some of the excitement of Radio Revolten that he witnessed. He will speak about the relevance of radio as art and counter-culture in an increasingly globalized and homogeneous media landscape.

 

BSAP @ GZH

BSAP (Birdwatchers Society of Andhra Pradesh) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1980 by a few enthusiasts of Andhra Pradesh with the object of spreading the message of bird conservation. It organizes field trips, lectures, film and slide shows, nature camps, treks, waterfowl counts, bird ringing, and much more.

Entry: free, open to all

For more information visit : http://www.bsap.in/

 

FILM SCREENING 's

The Ghosts in Our Machine

Activist and photojournalist Jo-Ann McArthur uses her camera to document the plight of abused and exploited animals and advocate for their rights as sentient beings.

Duration: 92 minutes

Producers: Nina Beveridge & Liz Marshall

 

EXHIBITION & SCREENING: TVAMEVAHAM

Opening:
Monday, 7  November 2016, 6:30pm
On view:
8 - 12 November 2016, 9:30 am to 6:30 pm,

Not open on Sundays and public holidays

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sravanthi Juluri is an internationally-acclaimed contemporary artist, known for her cutting edge abstraction based on her philosophical standpoint that life is a journey to connect with the higher self. 
She has numerous national and international art shows to her credit. 
Her works were a part of the Florence Biennial and the Amsterdam International Art Fair, to mention a few. In her works, she addresses her own identity and speaks about women, freedom and spirituality. She has been helping in rebuilding the lives of many women who are survivors of domestic abuse.

ABOUT TAMEVAHAM
Tvamevaham is an exhibition of select paintings and the screening of a creative performance by Sravanthi Juluri. She brings together a dialogue that is necessary to recognize the self-image that gets reflected on the surface of almost everything. This act in itself discerns that the self is not an object, due to the fact that it gets lost in its presumptuous environment and is found again and again when one calls out for it, and when one goes looking for it in the depths of the well of experience. 
Goethe Zentrum presents Tvamevaham by Sravanthi Juluri, an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, known for her cutting edge abstraction based on her philosophical standpoint; that life is a journey to connect with the higher self. The exhibition showcases a series of eleven works in the medium of acrylic on canvas that has been conceptualized in the abstract idiom by the artist to express the essence of Navarasa. Or the nine Emotions of  bharata’s Natya Shastra,  as part of celebrating life and its culmination; highlighted by a realization that everyone feels the same emotions as the other and this is how many becomes part of a single consciousness. The screening of the film is all about her live performance on 6th November at the spectacular hall of a heritage structure in Hyderabad along with her art works.  The architecture is an inspirational space for conceptualization of this creative extravaganza to reveal the artists personal creative journey.

 

DAAD WEBINAR

Study and Research in Germany

Every year, thousands of international students and scholars choose to study in Germany.  The webinar will acquaint the participants with the study and research scenario in Germany, university system, life in Germany etc.

Entry free & open to all

For more information: https://www.daad.de/en/

 

GERMAN MOVIE NIGHT

GERMAN MOVIE NIGHT is a FREE monthly film programme of the best of German cinema presented by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. The films are chosen for their artistry and relevance to the theme of each month’s events.

BERLIN BABYLON

Director: Hubertus Siegert, colour, 93 min., 1996-2001

Berlin, the second half of the nineties. The construction boom that started after the fall of the Wall has reached its peak. In conflict between preservation and change, the traditional and modern, prominent architects, urban planners, politicians, officials and building owners move at breathtaking speed. During these years, Hubertus Siegert observed and documented the development – with fascination and scepticism, but without commentary. 

Snacks will be served at 6:15pm.